Tag: Matthew Shipp

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The pianist Matthew Shipp and the saxophonist Ivo Perelman have steadily and somewhat stealthily managed to hammer out a catalogue of music which makes theirs one of the greatest partnerships in the history of jazz. From their first collaboration on Cama de Terra in 1996 where they formed a trio with William Parker and their subsequent duo album Bendito...

'Where your attention is, that becomes lively' is just one of the quotes or aphorisms which David Lynch tends to fall back upon whenever he is asked to explain the nature of ideas or creativity or in his own inimitable helium-winged Midwestern way, the consuming happenstance of 'catching the big fish'. Lynch with his longtime collaborative partner Chrystabell are...

Allen Lowe's short bio says that the veteran saxophonist and guitarist 'spans the history of jazz in his music in a way that few have'. While sharing bebop idioms and offering an especially gritty take on the avant-garde, some of his earliest records incorporated not only roots music in the form of nascent jazz and blues but tango theatrics...