A compilation of two previous Matthew Shipp duo CD: "Thesis" with guitarist Joe Morris in 1997, and "Gravitational Systems" with violinist Mat Maneri in 2000.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2011 Country: Switzerland Packaging: Cardstock foldover Tracks originally released on hatOLOGY 506, Matthew Shipp Duo With Joe Morris "Thesis" in 1997, recorded by Carl Seitzer at Seitzer Sound, NY; and on hatOLOGY 530, Matthew Shipp Duo With Mat Maneri, "Gravitational Systems" in 2000, recorded by Mike Car at Sorcerer Sound, NY.
A compilation of the 2 CDs on hatOLOGY 506 & 530 from 1997 and 2000. If ShippÕs group recordings embody his fluctuating musical-conceptual-social ethos, and his solo discs deliver his keyboard language in concentrated form, duets are his languageÕs testing ground, and his choices of partner can clue you to what he wants to say. On these recordings with violinist Mat Maneri and electric guitarist Joe Morris, the pianist let it be known that he would no more be bounded by any orthodoxy of ecstatic jazz than by the mainstream variety. Ð Bill Mayer