''Expansion, Power, Release'' is an album by American jazz pianist

Matthew Shipp Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Early life and education Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford Brown. He began playing ...

which was recorded in 1999 and released on the Swiss

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label. It was the second album by his String Trio with violinist

Mat Maneri Mat Maneri (born October 4, 1969) is an American composer, violin, and viola player. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri and Sonja Maneri. Career Maneri has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Guerino Mazzola, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, G ...

and bassist William Parker, the first was '' By the Law of Music''.

Reception

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'' states "The trio record functions somewhat in the manner of a classical ensemble, with some Vienesse references slipping into the design, but the pianist is at his freshest and most beguiling on what is a compact, smartly delivered set of mostly short pieces."

Track listing

:''All compositions by Matthew Shipp'' # "Organs" – 2:22 # "Expansion" – 2:57 # "Waltz" – 3:58 # "Combinational Entity" – 2:31 # "Speech of Form" – 5:01 # "Environment" – 3:00 # "Weave Now a Web Rooted" – 5:38 # "Connection" – 2:27 # "Pulse Form" – 3:10 # "Power" – 8:23 # "Functional Form" – 2:58 # "Reflex" – 2:21 # "Release" – 8:07 # "One More" – 3:11

Personnel

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violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

* William Parker –

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References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Matthew Shipp albums Hathut Records albums