Released 1995 Length 41:01 Artist Matthew Shipp Quartet Label 2.13.61 | Recorded September 23, 1994 Critical Mass
(1995) Symbol Systems
(1995) Release date 1995 Genre Jazz | |
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Studio Sorcerer Sound, New York Similar The Flow of X, Circular Temple, Pastoral Composure | ||
Critical Mass is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1994 and released on 2.13, a division of the 2.13.61 label, founded by Henry Rollins. Shipp adds violinist Mat Maneri to his usual trio lineup with bassist William Parker and drummer Whit Dickey. Shipp met Maneri when the violinist was just 17 in Boston, this is their first collaboration on record.
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Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "An interesting record but rather dour work for listener." By contrast, in an article for the Boston Phoenix, Norman Weinstein says about the album "This is the most accomplished recording of Shipp's career, a breathtaking summary of his complex sense of musical form and lava-like flow of unstoppable imagination."
Track listing
All compositions by Matthew Shipp- "Critical Mass" – 10:07
- "Virgin Complex" – 9:11
- "Density and Eucharist" – 21:43
Personnel
Songs
1Critical Mass10:07
2Virgin Complex9:11
3Density and Eucharist21:42