''Elastic Aspects'' is an album by American jazz pianist

Matthew Shipp Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American pianist, composer, and bandleader. Early life and education Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and began playing piano at six years old. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford ...

recorded in 2011 and released on

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's Blue Series. It was the debut studio recording by the trio with

Michael Bisio Michael Bisio (March 4, 1955 Troy, New York) is an American jazz double bassist, composer, and bandleader. Since 2009 he has been the bassist for the Matthew Shipp Trio. Bisio appears on over 100 CDs, leading on 12 CDs and co-leading on anothe ...

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 Transonic (or transsonic) flow is air flowing around an object at ...

on drums, following a live performance included in ''

Art of the Improviser ''Art of the Improviser'' is a double CD by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp featuring two 2010 live performances, a trio date at The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, New York and a solo piano recital at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York ...

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Reception

In a review for ''

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'' Mike Shanley notes that "His playing here, and especially on the solo tracks, has a lyrical, delicate quality that should surprise anyone expecting more familiar avant-garde moves, like heavy thunder from the bottom of the keyboard."Shanley, Mike
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review by John Sharpe states "Shipp sounds like no-one else, with a style characterized by abrupt contrasts of crystalline delicacy rubbing shoulders with dissonant depth charges and insistent circular motifs."Sharpe, John
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'' review by Bill Meyer says that "''Elastic Aspects'' can be seen as a companion piece to its predecessor in the way that it very explicitly breaks down the components of his trio music and isolates how they interact."Meyer, Bill. ''Elastic Aspects'' review. ''Down Beat'' April 12: page 52. Print.

Track listing

:''All compositions by Matthew Shipp'' # "Alternative Aspects" – 2:19 # "Aspects" – 0:27 # "Psychic Counterpart" – 4:47 # "Frame Focus" – 3:52 # "Flow Chart" – 1:30 # "Mute Voice" – 3:12 # "Explosive Aspects" – 3:19 # "Raw Materials" – 5:30 # "Rainforest" – 5:08 # "Stage 10" – 3:12 # "Dimension" – 3:24 # "Elastic Aspects" – 4:30 # "Elastic Eye" – 7:36

Personnel

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

References

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