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| 3.0 good | krongey | May 7th 21 |
Pianist Shipp forms a traditional acoustic jazz piano trio with bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Newman Baker. If you combine the discographies of the three of them, their arms seem to reach to every corner of the jazz landscape. This album of largely free constructions is atonal, but mostly very easy on the ears, exploring rather than inciting. There's a tendency toward the darkly lyrical, like in the wasted, open-interval landscapes of "Speech of Form" and the ruminating title track. But there are also Cecil-esque rolling rocks and boulders as in "Flying Saucer." Brief solo interludes for bass and drums are conceptual little sonic portraits rather than show-off slots.
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| 3.5 great | Pon EMERITUS | April 16th 19 |
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