Matthew Shipp | Harmonic Disorder

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African American, Jazz, Matthew Shipp, Piano

Matthew Shipp | Harmonic Disorder [Thirsty Ear, 2009]

Matthew Shipp

Celebrating his tenth year with Thirsty Ear, Mr. Shipp has reached the “Holy Grail” in the arena of jazz, in that he possesses a unique musical style that is completely his own… and he’s one of the few in jazz that can claim such an achievement.

He now has returned with his “Piano Vortex” trio (Whit Dickey on drums, Joe Morris on Bass), to deliver Harmonic Disorder – a new set of tracks, including two standards: “There Will Never Be Another You” and “Someday My Prince Will Come“.

Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records (2 CDs)

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African American, Blue Note Records, Jazz

[AMAZON EXCLUSIVE] Blue Note 70th Anniversary

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Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records [Jazz/Blue Note, 2009]

From the jump in 1939 jazz aficionados Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff, emigres from Berlin, followed their instincts by recording great artists playing pure jazz. The 50s and 60s were, and still are, considered the classic Blue Note period in relation to not only what they recorded but the engineering of Rudy Van Gelder, the photography of Frank Wolff, and, eventually, the art direction of Reid Miles.

The so-called hard bop of the mid- 50s in New York essentially began with a Blue Note album, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers. What hard bop did was to draw on rural blues and gospel music in finding a whole new audience for jazz.