| Magnetism | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | January 26, 1999 | |||
| Studio | Seltzer Sound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 58:31 | |||
| Label | Bleu Regard | |||
| Producer | Michel Dorbon | |||
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Magnetism is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1999 and released on the French Bleu Regard label. The work is a twenty-movement suite composed of solo, duo and trio performances by Shipp, saxophonist and flutist Rob Brown and bassist William Parker.
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy states "Shipp continues to impress with splendid technique, an ear for subtlety, and rhythmic variety." [1]
Guillermo E. Brown is a multi-disciplinary performer whose works include Soul at the Hands of the Machine, The Beat Kids' Open Rhythm System and Sound Magazine, Black Dreams 1.0,...Is Arturo Klauft, Handeheld, Shuffle Mode, WOOF TICKET EP, PwEP2, forthcoming full length album Dream&Destroy and performance piece Bee Boy. His one-man theater piece, Robeson In Space, premiered at Luna Stage (2005).
Great Bliss, Vol. 1 is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware recorded in 1990 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. Great Bliss was conceived as a two-installment project and marks the debut of the David S. Ware Quartet, one of the most highly acclaimed musical groups of the decade.
Sonic Explorations is the debut album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and alto saxophonist Rob Brown, originally issued on LP in 1988 on Cadence Jazz.
Rob Brown is an American free jazz saxophonist and composer.
Breath Rhyme is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown recorded in 1989 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label.
High Wire is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. It features a trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Jackson Krall playing all original Brown compositions.
Points is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp recorded in 1990 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label.
Zo is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp with bassist William Parker, which was recorded in 1993 and released on the tiny label Rise Records. The album was reissued in 1997 by the 2.13.61 label, founded by Henry Rollins, in partnership with Thirsty Ear Recordings.
Blink of an Eye is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown which was recorded live in 1996 and released on No More, the label founded by producer Alan Schneider. The album features a duo performance with pianist Matthew Shipp nearly a decade after they played together on their debut recording, Sonic Explorations. They reunited in June 1996 as part of the Vision Festival and Brown asked Shipp to share his evening at Roulette. This is the first documented recording of Rob playing flute.
By the Law of Music is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1996 and released on the Swiss HatART label. It was re-released on the hatOLOGY imprint in 2002.
Strata is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1997 and released on the Swiss hatOLOGY label.
Posium Pendasem is an album by American jazz double bassist William Parker, which was recorded live during the Workshop Freie Musik '98 at The Akademie der Künste in Berlin, and released on the German FMP label.
Spontaneous is a live album by bassist and composer William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, which was recorded at the Vision Festival in New York in 2002 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label.
Gravitational Systems is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp featuring a duo with violinist Mat Maneri, which was recorded in 1998 and released on the Swiss hatOLOGY label. Shipp played previously with Maneri on the albums Critical Mass, The Flow of X and By the Law of Music, but this was their first duo performance. The recording includes a rendition of the English traditional song "Greensleeves" and a version of John Coltrane's classic "Naima".
Right Hemisphere is the eponymous album by the free jazz collective quartet consisting of Rob Brown on alto sax, Matthew Shipp on piano, Joe Morris on bass and Whit Dickey on drums. It was recorded in 2006 and released on the French RogueArt label. Right Hemisphere has been in existence since 1984 when Shipp and Brown first arrived in New York. The group originally had as its drummer Frank Bambara and shortly after Dickey replaced him. The trio was joined by bassist William Parker and their first recording Points appeared in 1990 under Shipp's leadership.
Songs is a solo album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp performing popular standards and spirituals, which was recorded in 2001 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label. Its "We Free Kings" track is a Roland Kirk composition based on the Christmas carol "We Three Kings".
In Finland is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, pianist Matthew Ship and bassist Dominic Duval recorded in 2004 and released on the Cadence Jazz label.
Rex, Wrecks & XXX is a double CD by British jazz saxophonist Evan Parker and American pianist Matthew Shipp released on the French RogueArt label. The disc one was recorded in studio and the disc two live at the Vortex in London the following day. The two “Wrecks” pieces are solo improvisations by Shipp and Parker. Previously, they collaborated on 2007’s Abbey Road Duos.
The Trio Plays Ware is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp performing music composed by saxophonist David S. Ware, which was recorded in 2003 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label. The trio with Shipp, bassist William Parker and drummer Guillermo E. Brown was at the time of the recording the rhythm section of the David S. Ware Quartet.
Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp is a collaborative studio album by Antipop Consortium and Matthew Shipp. It was released on Thirsty Ear Recordings on February 18, 2003.