Sonic Fiction, by Matthew Shipp

Sonic Fiction

by Matthew Shipp

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1.	First Step 03:24	buy track
2.	Blues Addition 06:25	buy track
3.	The Station 05:54	buy track
4.	Lines of Energy 04:04	buy track
5.	Easy Flow 05:41	buy track
6.	The Problem of Jazz 05:01	buy track
7.	The Note 00:19	buy track
8.	3 by 4 06:27	buy track
9.	Cell in the Brain 05:34	buy track
10.	Sonic Fiction 11:25	buy track

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After a duo album and two trio albums by Shipp and Walerian, all for ESP-Disk', we get a quartet album from them that continues their strategy of working with different musicians each time out. Bisio and Dickey are long-time collaborators with Shipp, but the addition of Walerian's Zen style changes the dynamics of their interactions. Walerian and Dickey, masters of restraint, were a match waiting to be made, and their instant rapport is one of the attractions of this album.

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released February 24, 2018

Matthew Shipp, piano
Mat Walerian, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet
Michael Bisio, bass
Whit Dickey, drums

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Matthew Shipp New York, New York

"Matthew Shipp has become an elder statesman 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, All About Jazz ... more

shows

May 03

North Street Cabaret

Madison, WI

discography

World Construct

Jun 2022
The Unidentifiable

Sep 2020
Signature

Feb 2019
Zero

Mar 2018
Sonic Fiction

Feb 2018

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