Sonic Fiction by Matthew Shipp
After a duo album and two trio albums by Shipp and Walerian, all for ESP-Disk', we get a quartet album from them that continues their strategy of working with different musicians each time out. Bisio and Dickey are long-time collaborators with Shipp, but the addition of Walerian's Zen style changes the dynamics of their interactions. Walerian and Dickey, masters of restraint, were a match waiting to be made, and their instant rapport is one of the attractions of this album.
Tracklist
| 1. | First Step | 3:24 |
| 2. | Blues Addition | 6:26 |
| 3. | The Station | 5:55 |
| 4. | Lines of Energy | 4:04 |
| 5. | Easy Flow | 5:41 |
| 6. | The Problem of Jazz | 5:02 |
| 7. | The Note | 0:19 |
| 8. | 3 by 4 | 6:27 |
| 9. | Cell in the Brain | 5:35 |
| 10. | Sonic Fiction | 11:26 |
Credits
Matthew Shipp, piano
Mat Walerian, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet
Michael Bisio, bass
Whit Dickey, drums
License
All rights reserved.Recommendations
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"Matthew Shipp has become an elder statesman in the jazz world. How that happened can be boiled down to two simple elements. One: he has created a unique sound and language for improvised music and two: Shipp has become a doyen of cutting edge music making and opinion." – Mark Corroto, All About Jazz