BRAZILIAN SAXOPHONIST IVO PERELMAN RELEASES DYNAMIC COLLECTION OF IMPROVISATIONS WITH NEW QUARTET

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Gerald Cleaver, Ivo Perelman, Jazz, Joe Morris, Matthew Shipp, Saxophone

THE HOUR OF THE STAR – AVAILABLE JULY 12

EMINENT NEW LINEUP INCLUDES PIANIST MATTHEW SHIPP,
BASSIST JOE MORRIS AND DRUMMER GERALD CLEAVER

IVO PERELMAN - THE HOUR OF THE STAR

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For the latest addition to his prodigious discography, prolifically inventive saxophonist Ivo Perelman convened a stellar quartet that is at once a first meeting and several small reunions. Consisting of a half-dozen breathtakingly expressive improvisations, The Hour of the Star documents the first-ever conjoining of Perelman with pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Joe Morris, and drummer Gerald Cleaver.

“The process is just what I’ve been doing for the past twenty years,” Perelman says. “I trust them, I take it they trust me, and we just go in and play. Everything’s a first take and what you hear is what you get. That’s why I like this kind of work, because you never know what’s going to happen. It’s stimulating.”

First meeting though it may be, these musicians are hardly strangers to one another. Perelman and Shipp recorded together several times in the late 1990s, and once with Morris, on the 1997 duet album Strings. While this is the leader’s first encounter with Cleaver, the drummer has an extensive record with both Morris and, especially Shipp; and Morris has been working in Shipp’s trio continuously over the past several years.

New Jazz Releases for the Week of 2/21/2011

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Brad Mehldau, Eric Reed, Jazz, Matthew Shipp, New Releases

New Jazz Releases of 2/22/2011

Greeting’s jazz enthusiasts, as always it’s a pleasure to return with more new music releases. With each visit, you’ll discover a montage of new jazz recordings featured at Amazon.com that encompasses a generous diet of nuances which includes a wealth of complex and distinctive styles, textures, melodies, and rhythms exalted by a host of definitive and creative voices in the world of jazz.

For more details, please visit Amazon.com for a complete list of this week latest jazz releases!

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Matthew Shipp -]|[- THE ART of THE IMPROVISER (2xCD) – [Thirsty Ear]

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African American, Jazz, Matthew Shipp, Piano

Matthew Shipp - ART OF THE IMPROVISER

Matthew Shipp -]|[- THE ART OF THE IMPROVISER (2xCD) – [Thirsty Ear, 2011]

“The Art of the Improviser”, a 2XCD, is Shipp’s most audacious attempt yet to answer the enigmatic question of what it means to be a modern jazz musician. Already having explored the possibilities of electronically infused jazz on critically acclaimed projects with the likes of DJ Spooky, Scanner, and Anti-Pop Consortium, Shipp revisits an acoustic sound for this fearless voyage into the psyche of the improviser.

Shipp’s “idiosyncratic genius” shines through on this album, explaining once again why he is “well on his way to becoming one of the timeless giants of jazz’ (Jazz-iz). –Amazon.com

Scheduled Release Date: February 22, 2011

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The Post Modern Jazz Quartet -][- Blink of An Eye [Thirsty Ear]

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Jazz, Matthew Shipp, The Post Modern Jazz Quartet

The Post Modern Jazz Quartet - Blink of An Eye

The Post Modern Jazz Quartet” -][- Blink of An Eye – [Thirsty Ear, 2010]

The blending of jazz and electronics has been one of the more difficult musical challenges, as it attempts to humanize the machine or mechanize the free spirit of improvisation. It’s a very tricky balance to get right, as they can be on a collision course with each other. Bringing together the world-renowned electronic artist Scanner, who has collaborated with artists from every imaginable genre–musicians Bryan Ferry, Radiohead and Laurie Anderson–with jazz masters Matthew Shipp, Khan Jamal, Michael Bisio and Michael Thompson has created a post modern sound encased in a traditional form.

The results are unparalleled. Scanner becomes part of the PMJQ, creating cinematic textures that take a familiar jazz quartet sound and transforms it into a modern day experience in this world of bits and bytes.

Original Release Date: 10/25/2010

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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“.