Matthew Shipp - 4D
Matthew Shipp - 4D (2010)
Avant-Garde Jazz | 1CD | MP3 320Kbps CBR | 80 MB | Covers
Label: Thirsty Ear
Matthew Shipp has become one of the most distinctive piano stylists operating in the free jazz continuum, recognizable after just a few notes. 4D, his sixth solo piano disc mirrors the format of its illustrious predecessor Harmonic Disorder (Thirsty Ear, 2009) though with pared back instrumentation. Altogether there are 16 cuts reflecting a wide range of approaches during a program just shy of an hour. One consequence of so many short tracks, with 10 clocking in at less than 4 minutes, is that each one represents an intense distillation of the pianist's ideas.Tracks:
As on Harmonic Disorder, but unlike his last two solo discs, Shipp features standards and popular songs alongside his own compositions, with some recognizable straight away but others treated so obliquely as to be unrecognizable. This allows insight to how he tackles the less well known contours of his own pieces where, unencumbered by bass and drums, Shipp takes such a free approach that it is hard to be sure whether they are extemporized or preconceived. -all about jazz
01.- 4D
02.- the crack in the piano's egg
03.- equilibrium
04.- teleportation
05.- dark matter
06.- stairs
07.- jazz paradox
08.- blue web in space
09.- what is this thing called love
10.- autumn leaves
11.- sequence and vibration
12.- frere jacques
13.- prelude to a kiss
14.- what a friend we have in jesus
15.- primal harmonic
16.- greensleeves
Personnel:
*Matthew Shipp: piano