The 60 Best Albums of 2020
Despite a global pandemic, an economic crash, and the shut-down of international touring, 2020 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2020 So Far
Even in the coronavirus-shortened record release schedule of 2020, the year has offered a mountainous feast of sublime music. The 50 best albums of 2020 so far are an eclectic and increasingly "woke" bunch.
Matthew Shipp’s ‘The Piano Equation’ Will Stand the Test of Time
Matthew Shipp's The Piano Equation is a fully improvised solo piano recital to stand the test of time, sitting in the realm where mathematics and magic collide.
The Best Jazz Albums of 2010
Jazz was working all the angles in 2010. Is there any other genre that has as much range -- from solo instruments to big bands, from instrumental to vocal, from European musicians to both North and South Americans, from truly pretty music to raucously avant-garde "noise"?
Matthew Shipp Is the Sound of Jazz Opening Up, Again and Again.
Matthew Shipp and his jazz trio continue to make innovation look all too easy on Signature.
Daniel Carter, William Parker, and Matthew Shipp Prove Their Collective Worth on ‘Seraphic Light’
Improvising is one thing. Improvising in a trio setting is another thing. Making beautiful and complex music together completely off-the-cuff is something else entirely.
2018 Belongs to Matthew Shipp
The fearless pianist drops two albums on ESP-Disk... for starters.
Ivo Perelman: Philosophers Stone / Octagon / Heptagon / Scalene / Live in Baltimore / Live in Brussels
The prolific, free-blowing tenor saxophonists releases six recordings at once, including two live sets, that demonstrate (again) his ability to invent in the moment with collaborators of all kinds.
Whit Dickey / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp: Vessel in Orbit
A trio of viola, piano, and drums plays a recital of total improvisation, but the adventure is beautiful, focused, cohesive. Recommended to any listener with a taste for the (slightly) different.
Matthew Shipp Trio: Piano Song
Pianist Matthew Shipp's final album for Thirsty Ear finds him going about his usually adventurous trio business.
David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp: Live in Sant’Anna Arresi 2004
David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp have made beautiful music together for 17 years, but chose this occasion to make a lovely racket.
Matthew Shipp Trio: The Conduct of Jazz
Matthew Shipp proves once again why he belongs in the upper echelon of modern jazz pianists.