Matthew Shipp has been making music at a relentless pace since the 1980s. On occasion, the Delaware-born, New York-based pianist has copped a David Bowie move and threatened to retire from recording. But now that he’s reached the age of 60, he’s apparently too busy making new records to talk about quitting. So far in […]
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Pianist Matthew Shipp breaks down the essentials of his trio’s sound on The Unidentifiable
Matthew Shipp can’t have had his own playing in mind when he named his latest record The Unidentifiable. With his powerful command of the grand piano’s lowest notes, his adroit manipulation of its sustain pedal, and the complex harmonies nurtured by his prodigious technique, he obtains a massive and instantly recognizable sound. The New Yorker […]
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Pianist Matthew Shipp can make magic with the perfect partner
Pianist Matthew Shipp has released more than a dozen albums with Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman just in the past two years, and their Jazz Festival set is the first time they’ve played together in Chicago.
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The jazz doesn’t stop when the park goes dark
This year’s Jazz Festival aftershows include Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Dee Alexander performing Nina Simone, and the traditional engagements by Ira Sullivan and Edward “Kidd” Jordan.
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The complete schedule of the 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival
The 40th annual Chicago Jazz Festival includes 68 sets in Millennium Park and the Cultural Center, among them Maceo Parker, Jaimie Branch, Jason Stein, Diane Reeves, Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
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There’s an overload of must-see jazz concerts in Chicago this weekend
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is at the center of a dizzying variety of live music this weekend.
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Chicago soul-jazz great John Wright warms things up for the Jazz Fest
The veteran pianist is part of a three-concert series at PianoForte leading up to the Chicago Jazz Festival next week.
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Pianist Matthew Shipp reaches a new plateau
The New York pianist releases a fantastic new trio album
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Jazz: Saxophonist David S. Ware dead at 62
Titanic free-jazz saxophonist David S. Ware has died
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Matthew Shipp on His Own
New York pianist Matthew Shipp plays one of his increasingly frequent solo gigs tonight at Elastic as part of the Umbrella Music Festival.
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David S. Ware’s new sound and new kidney
Great free-jazz saxophonist David S. Ware, who was in danger of dying of kidney failure six months ago, has undergone a successful transplant.