''Un Piano'' is a solo 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 2007 and released on the French
RogueArt
RogueArt (also written Rogueart and Rogue Art) is a French independent record label based in Paris. It was founded by record producer Michel Dorbon in 2005 and specialises in jazz and improvised music.
History
RogueArt was founded by record pr ...
label.
Reception
The
All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...
review by Lyn Horton states "Shipp reaches sonorities similar to the ones he has discovered before, but has found them starting from a different standpoint, a wider yet more honed transfiguration of the 88-key spectrum within which he breathes."
[Horton, Lyn]
''Un Piano'' review
at All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...
Track listing
:''All compositions by Matthew Shipp''
# "Enter In" – 3:05
# "Geometry" – 4:11
# "Sparks" – 2:40
# "Spike" – 3:31
# "Linear Shocks" – 5:42
# "Two Things Together" – 4:46
# "Whole Zone" – 1:58
# "Simple Fact" – 3:18
# "Riddle" – 6:10
# "Cloud Chamber 6" – 6:10
# "Harmony of Apollo" – 4:56
# "Exit Out" – 3:26
Personnel
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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 ...
–
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 ...
References
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2008 albums
Matthew Shipp albums
Solo piano jazz albums
RogueArt albums