Fri Oct 24
Matthew Shipp `The Cosmic Piano'
7:30PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream
Matthew Shipp
Avant-jazz pianist and composer Matthew Shipp has been referred to as the "elder statesman" of the art form by DownBeat magazine, but the reach and scope of his music extends much further than mere genre. The Cosmic Piano delivers on that promise - a solo recording that taps into the deeper exploratory potential of the instrument, with Shipp channeling a lifetime of knowledge and a daunting array of influences into nearly an hour of spontaneous, enlightened and joyfully rendered music.
"... another thoughtful, spiritual outpouring of Shipp’s core being using his piano as the vessel that puts it out there for all of creation, for all of time eternal." –Something Else! Reviews
“His music features clusters of notes, more chords than McCoy Tyner at his feistiest, jumbled and murky as they move into dissonance and percussive gusto, leading into his hypnotic segments of hard-edged repetition, followed by moments of delicate beauty, all wrapping up into compelling ... organisms?” -All About Jazz – 4* review
"Shipp’s imagination is boundless. Let’s hope he continues to deliver the kind of masterful improvisational music he alone can offer." –PostGenre
"He has developed one of the most unique voices in modern jazz and improvised music." –Burning Ambulance
“Following a musical logic of his own that subsumes multiple genres—from baroque harpsichord sonatas to contemporary pop—and exercising a physical technique of his own imagining, Shipp composes arresting improvisations spiced with a secret rhythmic sauce” - Musically Speaking
“…an excellent showcase of Shipp’s incredible, sometimes inexplicable ability to instinctively shape aggro fancy into a distinctive structure – one that speaks with no voice but Shipp’s own. -The Big Takeover
“Cosmic Piano sits alongside contemporary classical music just as well as it does avant-garde jazz, it is definitive musical statement.” -Free Jazz Blog
Showtine: 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT/5:30 pm MT/4:30 pm PT/11:30 pm GMT
In-person seats: $25 / $10 full-time students with valid ID
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.
Advance sales end 1 hr before show; remaining tickets may be purchased at door.
Streaming Cost is $15
The link will be revealed 15 minutes before the show
and will remain active through Oct. 27
Donations welcome
7:30PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream