Released 2008 Length 54:22 Producer Michel Dorbon Release date 2008 | Recorded January 5, 2006 Label RogueArt Artist Rob Brown Genre Jazz | |
Studio Leon Lee Dorsey Studio, New York City Similar Piano Vortex, Radiant Pools, Cosmic Suite, Harmonic Disorder, Rex - Wrecks & XXX | ||
Right Hemisphere is the eponymous album by the free jazz collective quartet consisting of Rob Brown on alto sax, Matthew Shipp on piano, Joe Morris on bass and Whit Dickey on drums. It was recorded in 2006 and released on the French RogueArt label. Right Hemisphere has been in existence since 1984 when Shipp and Brown first arrived in New York. The group originally had as its drummer Frank Bambara and shortly after Dickey replaced him. The trio was joined by bassist William Parker and their first recording Points appeared in 1990 under Shipp's leadership.
Contents
Reception
The All About Jazz review by Florence Wetzel states "The eleven songs explore a wide range of moods... And yet even when the emotions feel familiar, there's something deliciously elusive about this music; it never settles for easy answers or familiar aural territory."
Track listing
All compositions by Shipp/Brown/Morris/Dickey except as indicated- "Right Hemisphere" – 3:22
- "You Rang" – 4:31
- "Bubbles" (Brown/Morris/Dickey) – 3:33
- "Ice" – 3:39
- "Hyperspace" – 2:12
- "Dice" (Shipp/Morris/Dickey) – 5:14
- "Incremental" – 5:45
- "Falling In" (Brown/Morris/Dickey) – 5:59
- "The Sweet Science" (Shipp) – 1:44
- "Lava" – 8:41
- "Red in Gray" – 9:06