Symbolic Reality
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| Studio album by Matthew Shipp String Trio | ||||
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| Label (s) | RogueArt | |||
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CD |
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6th |
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46:34 |
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Michel Dorbon |
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Park West Studios, New York City |
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Symbolic Reality is a jazz album by the Matthew Shipp String Trio with William Parker and Mat Maneri . The recordings, taken on August 21, 2019 at Park West Studios, New York City, were released on RogueArt in October 2019 .
background
For the album Symbolic Reality, pianist Matthew Shipp formed his string trio with longtime collaborators, bassist William Parker and violist Mat Maneri, a line-up that has remained unchanged since the triumvirate's debut in By the Law of Music (Hatology, 1997) is. 2001 Shipp presented with the trio Expansion, Power, Release . Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Mat Maneri have also collaborated with saxophonist Ivo Perelman on a series of recordings that involved at least two of the three .
Track list
- Matthew Shipp String Trio: Symbolic Reality (Rogueart ROG-0096)
- Central Flame 7:22
- Symbolic Reality 9:05
- Flesh and Bone 7:37
- Inner Speech 5:24
- The Other Universe 6:00
- Law of Sequence 11:06
All compositions are by Matthew Shipp.
reception
According to John Sharpe, who reviewed the album on All About Jazz , in this chamber ensemble the three musicians acted as interlocking pieces in a mysterious puzzle that represents an abstract area that is not easy to analyze. Although each of the six pieces is attributed to Shipp as the composer, the eventful results could easily be counted as improvisations, as they are full of dramatic gestures, weird overlaps, and unpredictable rejoinder. William Parker's sturdy pizzicato and fleeting cyclical figures form a strong foundation that helps solidify the fleeting interactions, Sharpe said. “In contrast, Maneri's sharp astringency and microtonal dives give the discourse a cerebral atmosphere, while Shipp triangulates between the two, balancing out the asceticism, but also avoiding too long to settle into a pattern. Each cut represents an ongoing recalibration, with constantly different flavors and moods appearing. ”One of the most striking is the final piece,“ Law of Sequence ”, in which an anthem-like celebration gives way to a hopeful mood and an ultimately emphatic and uplifting conclusion .
S. Victor Aaron wrote in Something Else! , In six new Shipp compositions, the trio tackle the prepared material with the caprice of spontaneous composition and use the telepathy that comes from decades of working together to control the flow of the melody in unison. There is almost “a chamber music precision in the way the density of the sound swells and falls, and the ease with which the lead and comping roles are passed on to one another.” A casual glance at the album's title could lead to one reads it as a Symbiotic Reality and not as a Symbolic Reality . "However, a dedicated listening will convince you that this should be the real name of the album."
Web links
- Information about the album at RogueArt
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Accessed January 1, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b John Sharpe: Matthew Shipp String Trio: Symbolic Reality. All About Jazz, July 3, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 .
- ↑ a b S. Victor Aaron: Matthew Shipp String Trio - 'Symbolic Reality' (2019). Something Else !, January 25, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Matthew Shipp String Trio: Symbolic Reality at Discogs