Michael Bisio & Matthew Shipp

This group evolves in leaps and bounds. We guarantee you've never heard a jazz piano trio sound like this album–not even this band on its previous album, the much-praised World Construct. That said, there is a through line from the first Matthew Shipp Trio album, 1990's Circular Temple (reissued in 2023 on ESP). The adventure continues!

Matthew Shipp Trio invites Nicole Mitchell - All Things Are (2019) {RogueArt ROG-0088}
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Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Modern Creative

A tremendous pairing of two of the most unique talents in the avant jazz spectrum – pianist Matthew Shipp and flautist Nicole Mitchell – both coming together here in a wonderful way! The cover bills the set as somewhat of a meeting between Mitchell and Shipp's trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Newman Taylor Baker on drums – but the music feels more as if it's resonating strongly between the darkly melodic depths of both Nicole and Matthew – piano and flute working together in ways that are very different than the usual effort of its type – especially from Mitchell, who seems to pull out all these new raspy, earthy tones that are completely wonderful! Nicole plays both alto and standard flute – and Shipp continues his tremendous new rebirth of recent years.

This is a united & mighty pair of brand new studio albums from drummer-bandleader Whit Dickey which were created together with two distinct yet interrelated Quartets. The two works represent the Yin and the Yang respectively, the inseparable and complementary opposites, following an ancient and enduring understanding of the world. Dickey chose Tao Quartets as the name for these groups / this specific work as the Tao wholly incorporates an understanding of this eternal dynamic, and it is here to be heard.

New York bassist Michael Bisio pays tribute to his teacher William O. Smith in this tremendous duo with cornetist Kirk Knuffke, in a beautiful mix of lyrical playing and heavy technical skills made to sound remarkably simply; a joyful and profound jazz album.