Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp ( born December 7, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American pianist of the Creative Jazz. The mid-1980s drew Shipp to New York City and was divided into the local jazz scene.
Life and work
Shipp had from the age of five piano lessons and was interested in from the age of twelve for jazz. He studied at the University of Delaware, then moved to the New England Conservatory of Music. Shipp was a member of the David S. Ware Quartet. He founded his own quartet with saxophonist Rob Brown, bassist William Parker, with whom he also appeared as a duo, and drummer Whit Dickey. His numerous publications published by various labels, for Thirsty Ears sometimes he acted as curator and director.
Shipp has also been made by consistent adherence to the achievements of free jazz a name in the New York hip-hop scene. He played together with the Antipop Consortium, a 2003 LP Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp. With the New York producer El- P and the resident at Thirsty Ears Blue Series Continuum was created in 2004, the LP High Water; he continued to take on with musicians such as Cecil Taylor, Ivo Perelman, Susie Ibarra, DJ Spooky, Roy Campbell and Roscoe Mitchell.