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Matthew Shipp: Reconceptualizing the Art of the Trio

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 2024, Bill Evans, Bill Evans Trio, ESP-DISK, Jazz, Matthew Shipp, Matthew Shipp Trio, Michael Bisio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz, New York City, Newman Taylor Baker

A new interview with the jazz piano maestro

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The Singularity of Matthew Shipp on RogueArt

September 20, 2023 Steve Holtje 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Clifford Allen, ESP-DISK, Igor Stravinsky, John Coltrane, Matthew Shipp, Miles Davis, piano, RogueArt, Singularity Codex

A new book chronicles a key section of the renowned jazz pianist’s catalog

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Charles Gayle, Jazz Saxophone Great, Gone at 84

September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 Steve Holtje 1 Comment Albert Ayler, avant-garde, Bernard Stollman, Cecil Taylor, Charles Gayle, ESP-DISK, John Coltrane, Knitting Factory, Michael Dorf, New York City, Pharoah Sanders, RIP, Saxophone

Renowned reedist was a fixture on the NYC avant-garde scene

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East Axis Points to a Free-Improvisational Dream Team

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Allen Lowe, Brother/Mister Productions, Christian McBride, East Axis, ESP-DISK, Gerald Cleaver, Kevin Ray, Mack Avenue Records, Maria Schneider, Matthew Shipp, No Subject, Scott Robinson

Matthew Shipp, Scott Robinson, Kevin Ray and Gerald Cleaver debut on Christian McBride’s label with No Subject

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LISTEN: Painted Faces Share “Laughing Charlie”

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, David Drucker, ESP-DISK, Laughing Charlie, Normal Street, Painted Faces, Steve Holtje

ESP-Disk debut Normal Street out now

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ALBUMS: Four From Shipp

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Todd Manning 0 Comments Burning Ambulance, Codebreaker, ESP-DISK, Matthew Shipp, Reels, TAO Forms, Village Mothership William Parker, Whit Dickey

The master pianist defines jazz productivity with a quartet of essential new albums

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Signature Moves

March 22, 2019March 25, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments ESP-DISK, Matthew Shipp, Max Roach

A brief conversation with underground jazz piano great Matthew Shipp

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Electronic Experimental Folk Progressive Rock World 

Anti-War Psychedelia

January 15, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Drag City, ESP-DISK, Pearls Before Swine, Tom Rapp

A new reissue on Drag City shines a light on Pearls Before Swine’s freak classic

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