MATTHEW SHIPP Zer0 2CD
- 2CD
opakowanie: podwójny digipack
Personnel: Matthew Shipp: piano (CD 1), voice (bonus CD), Steve Dalachinsky: liner notes
Overview :
In the first part of his career, Matthew Shipp avoided solo recordings, saying he wasn't ready –and the first solo album he made, Symbol Systems, happened by accident when the other player on the session didn't show up. Since then, his style expanded and matured and he recorded prolifically, including a number of solo albums, but they have remained special events, distinct statements of purpose. Zero continues in this tradition; its philosophical basis can be gleaned from the lecture on the bonus CD. But, of course, it is the music itself which speaks most eloquently.Please note that the tune titled"Zero" is not the same as a previous Shipp composition of the same title.Only the first edition (first 1000 copies) of this album will includethe bonus CD containing the talk Mr. Shipp gave at The Stone.
Press Quotes:
"Matthew Shipp has become an elderstatesman in the jazz world. How that happened can be boiled down to two simple elements. One: he has created a unique sound and language for improvised music and two: Shipp has become a doyen of cutting edge music making and opinion." –Mark Corroto, AllAbout Jazz
"an aspect of Shipp's character that is always evident, yet seldom discussed: the emotional commitment in his compositional method is equal to the rigorous intellect he applies in the architecture of creation." –Thom Jurek, Allmusic.com, re: solo album Piano Sutras
"The jazz world does not lack for fine pianists, but those who can sustain listener interest through an extended solo set always have been in shorter supply. These days, few pack their soliloquies with more information, drama and free-ranging thought than Matthew Shipp." –Chicago Tribune
1-01 Zero 5:31
1-02 Abyss Before Zero 3:48
1-03 Pole After Zero 3:19
1-04 Piano Panels 4:13
1-05 Cosmic Sea 3:43
1-06 Zero Skip And A Jump 2:11
1-07 Zero Subtract From Jazz 6:35
1-08 Blue Equation 5:14
1-09 Pattern Emerge 2:46
1-10 Ghost Pattern 1:39
1-11 After Zero 5:12
BONUS CD
2-01 Zero: A Lecture On Nothingness 1:02:58