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Released
  
2001

Length
  
56:04

Expansion, Power, Release (2001)
  
New Orbit (2001)

Label
  
hatOLOGY

Recorded
  
November 18, 1999

Producer
  
Art Lange

Release date
  
2001

Genre
  
Jazz

Studio
  
Seltzer Sound, New York City

Artists
  
Matthew Shipp, Matthew Shipp String Trio

Similar
  
Matthew Shipp albums, Jazz albums

Expansion, Power, Release is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1999 and released on the Swiss hatOLOGY label. It was the second album by his String Trio with violinist Mat Maneri and bassist William Parker, the first was By the Law of Music.

Contents

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "The trio record functions somewhat in the manner of a classical ensemble, with some Vienesse references slipping into the design, but the pianist is at his freshest and most beguiling on what is a compact, smartly delivered set of mostly short pieces."

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp
  1. "Organs" – 2:22
  2. "Expansion" – 2:57
  3. "Waltz" – 3:58
  4. "Combinational Entity" – 2:31
  5. "Speech of Form" – 5:01
  6. "Environment" – 3:00
  7. "Weave Now a Web Rooted" – 5:38
  8. "Connection" – 2:27
  9. "Pulse Form" – 3:10
  10. "Power" – 8:23
  11. "Functional Form" – 2:58
  12. "Reflex" – 2:21
  13. "Release" – 8:07
  14. "One More" – 3:11

Personnel

  • Matthew Shipp - piano
  • Mat Maneri – violin
  • William Parker – bass

    • Songs

    1Organs (feat Mat Maneri & William Parker)William Parker - Mat Maneri2:23
    2Expansion (feat Mat Maneri & William Parker)William Parker - Mat Maneri2:57
    3Waltz (feat Mat Maneri & William Parker)William Parker - Mat Maneri3:58

    References

    Expansion, Power, Release Wikipedia
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