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Strata (Matthew Shipp album)

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Released
  
1998

Length
  
58:48

Release date
  
1998

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
December 14, 1997

Strata (1998)
  
DNA (1999)

Label
  
hatOLOGY

Studio
  
Sorcerer Sound, New York City

Producer
  
Art Lange, Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger

Artist
  
Matthew Shipp Horn Quartet

Strata is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1997 and released on the Swiss hatOLOGY label.

Contents

The album features the Horn Quartet, a chamber-jazz group without drums composed of Shipp and three members of the band Other Dimensions In Music: trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter and bassist William Parker. Two weeks before, Shipp played as guest on Other Dimensions In Music live album Time Is of the Essence Is Beyond Time.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "It is a stunning work, really, that showcases Shipp at the height of his compositional and improvisational powers, and points the way to the flowering of his vast talent as an arranger as well." The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "Campbell is a diehard free jazz man and he puts some warmth into the surroundings."

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp
  1. "Strata 1" – 0:47
  2. "Strata 2" – 1:23
  3. "Strata 3" – 7:45
  4. "Strata 4" – 3:18
  5. "Strata 5" – 7:05
  6. "Strata 6" – 3:33
  7. "Strata 7" – 5:36
  8. "Strata 8" – 5:30
  9. "Strata 9" – 5:43
  10. "Strata 10" – 5:20
  11. "Strata 11" – 4:18
  12. "Strata 12" – 6:41
  13. "Strata 13" – 0:59
  14. "Strata 14" – 0:50

Personnel

  • Roy Campbell – trumpet, pocket trumpet
  • Daniel Carter – alto sax, tenor sax, flute, trumpet
  • William Parker – bass
  • Matthew Shipp - piano

    • Songs

    1Strata 10:48
    2Strata 21:23
    3Strata 37:45

    References

    Strata (Matthew Shipp album) Wikipedia
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