This is a roam into a slighlty more traditional take on jazz from Shipp, including a version of Duke Ellington's "Prelude to a Kiss." Review Matthew Shipp, after seven years of recording some of the most adventurous free jazz piano in history, Thirsty Ear convinced him to come out of his self-imposed retirement and record a quartet album entitled Pastoral Composure/5(3).
May 06, · Some of the repertoire hints at Shipp’s past: “Frère Jacques” as a swift, disintegrating pedal-point romp, “Prelude to a Kiss” in a calmer melodic vein, both heard back in on Pastoral Composure. Shipp also revisits the spidery arpeggiated theme of “Equilibrium,” which vibraphonist Khan Jamal endowed with a silken.
Apr 18, · The rest of Pastoral Composure has more swinging tunes, and more deep introspective ones as well (and an out-there version of Frére Jacques). Shipp's lines are angular, sometimes minimal, sometimes cold and furious, oftentimes thorny, but he has come quite a ways from his beginnings with David S. Ware. Get to know William Parker too -- he is a /5(3).
On 9 August , Duke Ellington's orchestra, with sax-tenor Johnny Hodges, recorded 'Prelude to a Kiss' for the Brunswick label. A second version was recorded a fortnight later for the Vocalion label, but this time performed by Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra with lead singer Mary McHugh.
Matthew Shipp Quartet – Pastoral Composure Matthew Shipp has risen over the past eight years to become the preeminent pianist in the New York "free" or "avant" jazz scene. He has proved occasionally controversial, nearly reaching the point of physical confrontation with arch conservative critic Stanley Crouch over Crouch’s public snubbing.
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