Released 1997 Length 63:27 Release date 1997 Genre Jazz | Recorded January 23, 1997 Artist Matthew Shipp Label hatOLOGY | |
Studio Seltzer Sound, New York City Producer Art Lange, Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger Thesis
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Thesis is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp featuring a duo with guitarist Joe Morris, which was recorded in 1997 and released on the Swiss hatOLOGY label. Shipp played previously with the Joe Morris Ensemble on the album Elsewhere, but Thesis represents their first collaboration with Shipp as a leader.
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Reception
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "What exists between them is a fiery lyricism replete with staggering arpeggios, colorful digressions of dualistic chromaticism combined with the stagger-and-lurch method of self-discovery in the midst of heated contrapuntal improvisation."
In an article for the Boston Phoenix Ed Hazell says that "the pair seem guided not by conscious design but by more mysterious and powerful forces. Which isn't to say there's not a high level of conscious artistry present in this darkly beautiful, even majestic, album."
Track listing
All compositions by Matthew Shipp- "Thesis" – 4:08
- "Fable" – 5:39
- "Simple Relations" – 3:41
- "Particle 1" – 3:43
- "The Wand" – 3:49
- "Action and Reaction" – 5:22
- "Center Of" – 5:33
- "The Turnpike" – 5:35
- "Form of Y" – 4:22
- "Broader Orders" – 8:01
- "Particle 2" – 4:41
- "The Middle Region" – 4:18
- "Our Journey" – 4:35
Personnel
Songs
1Thesis (feat Joe Morris)Joe Morris - Matthew Shipp Duo with Mat Maneri4:09
2Fable (feat Joe Morris)Joe Morris - Matthew Shipp Duo with Mat Maneri5:39
3Simple Relations (feat Joe Morris)Joe Morris - Matthew Shipp Duo with Mat Maneri3:41