The Multiplication Table

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The Multiplication Table
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Studio album by
Matthew Shipp
Released1998
RecordedJuly 17, 1997
StudioSeltzer Sound, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length60:47
Label hatOLOGY
Producer Art Lange, Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Matthew Shipp chronology
Thesis
(1997)		The Multiplication Table
(1998)		 Strata
(1998)

The Multiplication Table is an album by the American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, recorded in 1997 and released on the Swiss hatOLOGY label.

Contents

The album features a trio with longtime partner William Parker on bass and newcomer Susie Ibarra on drums, who at the time were the rhythm section for the David S. Ware Quartet. Shipp covers three standards, Joseph Kosma's "Autumn Leaves", Duke Ellington's "C Jam Blues" and Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states: "The Multiplication Table is, along with a previous Hat release, By the Law of Music with strings, Shipp's masterpiece thus far. Mr. Shipp may be the most exciting composer/pianist since Herbie Nichols." [1] By contrast, The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the album "is sometimes as dry as its title" and notes that "the problem is with the recording, which has the piano too far back, the drums too far forward and the bass often loss." [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp except as indicated
  1. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma) – 8:10
  2. "The New Fact" – 4:43
  3. "The C Jam Blues" (Duke Ellington) – 13:09
  4. "ZT 1" – 5:25
  5. "Take the A Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:56
  6. "ZT 2" – 4:26
  7. "The Multiplication Table" – 13:07
  8. "ZT 3" – 4:51

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Matthew Shipp – The Multiplication Table: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1293. ISBN   0141034017.
  3. ↑ Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Fireside. pp.  732. ISBN   0743201698.
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