This
Week's Feature:
Jazz
Pianist Matthew Shipp Emerges From Retirement, Again
The
innovative pianist has played on 18 albums in the past nine years.
By MTV News Staff June
28, 2000
One of the most daring and original jazz musicians of his
generation, 39-year-old Matthew Shipp has mainly been associated with
the avant-garde. However, his explosive lyricism, angular swing and
lightning-quick reflexes have won him a surprisingly diverse following, largely
from outside the jazz world. Shipp's latest achievement, Pastoral
Composure, is rooted in traditional jazz but possesses the unorthodox edge
Shipp is famous for.
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