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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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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Pianist Matthew Shipp reaches a new plateau
The New York pianist releases a fantastic new trio album