| Shipp, Matthew / Symbol Systems |
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| Album: | Symbol Systems | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Shipp, Matthew | Added: | Apr 1996 | |
| Label: | No More Records | |||
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 05, 2007: | Memory Select Symbol Systems | 4. | Feb 05, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program Clocks | |
| 2. | May 02, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program Algebraic Boogie | 5. | Dec 02, 2002: | This is What 15 Years of Radio Have Done to Me Clocks | |
| 3. | Mar 26, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program The Highway | 6. | Feb 09, 2001: | Umami Jazz Program Harmonic Oscillator |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-02-17 | ||
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(This review was written by Eva, circa 1996): "FANTASTIC solo piano from Matthew Shipp, one of the most distinctive and intriguing musicians around. Shipp's style is a unique fusion of jazz and classical -- not necessarily contempo -- with dense, strange harmonies, lots of bass, and a fluid, quirky rhythmic touch. Very intense music with an almost industrial quality at times. "1- Wonderful rolling sounds, sometimes delicate but not pretty, rumbling bass, almost industrial-sounding banging "2- Repetitious melody composed of dense chords, some trickling lines of single notes "5- Nice off-kilter swinging reminiscent of Monk but with deep bass punctuation "6- First consonant, then ever more dissonant classical-like form and regular motion "7- More like a ballad "8- Fast runs, great working out of motifs "10- His version of bebop, taking off in its own direction "12- Insane boogie-woogie buried within dense crashing sounds. "All tracks are good -- these are just favorites." | ||
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