''Cosmic Suite'' 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 ...

recorded in 2008 and released on the Polish Not Two label. He leads a quartet with Daniel Carter on reeds, Joe Morris on bass and

Whit Dickey Whit Dickey (born May 28, 1954) is an American drummer. He has recorded albums with David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp. Biography His first album as a leader was ''Transonic (album), Transonic'', in 1998. Two years later, Wobbly Rail issued his '' ...

on drums. This particular lineup has not recorded before, although all of the members have played together in other combinations.''Cosmic Suite''
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Reception

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review by John Sharpe states "Although billed as a suite, there are no obvious links between the cuts, which inhabit that delicious middle ground between the preconceived and the extemporized where distinctions blur, making the resultant offering more unknowable than a composition, yet more structured than complete improvisation."Sharpe, John
''Cosmic Suite'' review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Matthew Shipp'' # "Cosmic Suite Part One" – 10:30 # "Cosmic Suite Part Two" – 3:20 # "Cosmic Suite Part Three" – 7:55 # "Cosmic Suite Part Four" – 7:10 # "Cosmic Suite Part Five" – 6:37 # "Cosmic Suite Part Six" – 6:41 # "Cosmic Suite Part Seven" – 4:34 # "Cosmic Suite Part Eight" – 8:28 # "Cosmic Suite Part Nine" – 6:25

Personnel

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piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

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reeds Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and medicine * Reed bird (disambiguation) * Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times * Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales * Re ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Matthew Shipp albums Not Two Records albums