Shipp, Matthew Trio / Signature
Album: Signature   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Shipp, Matthew Trio   Added:Mar 2019
Label:Esp-Disk'  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-04-09 Pull Date: 2019-06-11 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jun 9 May 26 May 12 May 5 Apr 28 Apr 21
Airplays: 2 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 11, 2023: Music Casserole
Stage Ten
4. May 25, 2019: Music Casserole
Stage Ten
2. Jun 08, 2019: Music Casserole
The Way
5. May 07, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Zo #2
3. Jun 07, 2019: Old Fart At Play
Flying Saucer
6. May 04, 2019: Music Casserole
Flying Saucer

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-03-31
Reviewed: 2018-03-31
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This CD is spinning with rhythmic vigor and glistening with creative patterns and boppish lines soaked in extravagance and chromaticism. It is not called Signature by accident.
If You Like: Cedar Walton, Omar Sosa
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Signature (6:45) – piano starts> slow jam> piano solo swings uptempo> slow jam> fade
2/ Deep To Deep (0:49) – deep bass drone
***3/ Flying Saucer (6:29) – piano starts> heavy uptempo jam> rocking piano solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
4/ Snap (2:06) – drum solo
*5/ The Way (10:21) – piano solo starts slow & hesitating, morphs into heavy uptempo off-kilter jam, then drops to slow jam> heavy chords> piano solo swings uptempo> uptempo jam slows to slow jam> quick stop
*6/ Stage 10 (5:18) – bass starts> midtempo jam> fade
7/ Speech Of Form (4:27) – piano starts> slow jam> quick fade
**8/ Zo #2 (6:15) – piano starts> piano starts> hesitating fast jam> sizzling piano solo> fast jam slows to uptempo> piano solo swings back to fast jam> quick stop
9/ New Z (3:46) – quiet drums & cymbals solo
10/ This Matrix (16:45) – drums/piano starts> uptempo jam> sizzling piano solo> uptempo jam swings to fast jam> pause> bass solo slows, then builds to fast tempo> uptempo jam> pause> slow piano solo> fade

Track Listing
1. Signature   6. Stage Ten
2. Deep To Deep   7. Speech Of Form
3. Flying Saucer   8. Zo #2
4. Snap   9. New Z
5. The Way   10. This Matrix