Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp (born 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader who moved to New York in 1984. He first became widely known as the pianist in saxophonist David S. Ware's quartet, and has since made a long run of records as a solo pianist and with his own trios and quartets in the city's free jazz scene. Shipp studied with Dennis Sandole in Philadelphia and spent a year at the New England Conservatory with Joe Maneri. Early albums include Points (Silkheart, 1992), Critical Mass (1995) on Henry Rollins's 2.13.61 label, and the solo Symbol Systems (1996) and Before the World (FMP, 1997). From 2000 he curated Thirsty Ear's Blue Series, opening it with his Pastoral Composure, followed by Nu Bop (2002), 4D (2010) and Piano Sutras (2013). Regular partners include William Parker, Whit Dickey, Michael Bisio, Newman Taylor Baker and Ivo Perelman. Recent records are on ESP-Disk'.
Matthew Shipp (born 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader who moved to New York in 1984. He first became widely known as the pianist in saxophonist David S. Ware's quartet, and has since made a long run of records as a solo pianist and with his own trios and quartets in the city's free jazz scene. Shipp studied with Dennis Sandole in Philadelphia and spent a year at the New England Conservatory with Joe Maneri. Early albums include Points (Silkheart, 1992), Critical Mass (1995) on Henry Rollins's 2.13.61 label, and the solo Symbol Systems (1996) and Before the World (FMP, 1997). From 2000 he curated Thirsty Ear's Blue Series, opening it with his Pastoral Composure, followed by Nu Bop (2002), 4D (2010) and Piano Sutras (2013). Regular partners include William Parker, Whit Dickey, Michael Bisio, Newman Taylor Baker and Ivo Perelman. Recent records are on ESP-Disk'.
