Jazz pianist, composer, and producer Matthew Shipp has been through many phases in his long career. 4D CD music Since he began his association with Thirsty Ear, he has curated its Blue Series. Through this endeavor, Shipp has not only stretched the definitions of jazz, but also exponentially advanced his own ideas about it conceptually and technically. 4D is divided roughly into halves: one is a series of original compositions; the other interpretations of standards and folk songs. It sums ...See Full Description
4D album. Vijay Iyer has captured the ears of critics and listeners like only a handful of the most elite jazz pianists since McCoy Tyner, Cecil Taylor, or Misha Mengelberg initially burst onto the scene. There's no other ...
4D songs. Vijay Iyer and alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa blend their Indian heritage with the influence of their New York jazz experience in this striking session, where they're joined by bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore. The haunting miniature "The Weight ...
4D music CDs. Commissioned for the 2007 Vision Festival in New York City, DOUBLE SUNRISE OVER NEPTUNE is arguably one of the finest achievements in William Parker's already remarkable discography. With a 16-piece orchestra that features not only strings, horns, and woodwinds, but ...
4D album. It's almost impossible not to consider Accelerando by pianist Vijay Iyer's working trio with bassist Stephen Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore a companion to 2009's excellent Historicity. Its obvious similarities are that it places a handful of originals alongside a ...
4D songs. Pianist Matthew Shipp is often identified with the New York City avant-garde jazz scene of the 1990s and beyond. But he's also strongly influenced by the classic jazz piano tradition (Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, etc.), hip-hop, and cutting-edge indie rock. ...
4D music CDs. Since the late 1980s, pianist Matthew Shipp has been rigorously investigating what it means to be an improvising musician by creating a musical language that is as expansive as it is intuitive emotionally, cerebrally, and emotionally following his own path alongside those of his predecessors Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, and Morton Feldman. His explorations have taken him through jazz as a soloist, bandleader, and sideman to collaborative experiments with electronic sound and even modern classical music. He's been ...
4D CD music. One does not have to listen too long to Wray Downes' versions of "Falling in Love with Love" and "Teach Me Tonight" to discover that Oscar Peterson is his main role model. A veteran Canadian pianist who has been playing professionally for nearly 50 years but was under-recorded until recent times, Downes does not let the O.P. influence bury his own musical personality. His interplay with bassist Dave Young (who has plenty of short solos including several bowed choruses) and drummer Archie Alleyne is quite impressive and the result of many years of playing together. This set (which alternates standards, obscurities and originals) has no weak numbers or throwaways among the 11 selections and the music always swings. Highlights include the two numbers mentioned above, the bass feature "What a Time We Had," a rapid "Fascinating Rhythm" and Downes' blues-with-a-bridge "R.B.'s Line." ~ Scott Yanow
Personnel: Wray Downes (piano).
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