Roscoe Mitchell & the Matthew Shipp Trio - NY Times

[paul secor]

MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO with Roscoe Mitchell at Zankel Hall (Jan. 27, 9 p.m.). As part of Carnegie Hall’s performance series “The ’60s: The Years that Changed America,” Mr. Shipp, a pianist, adds a special guest to his trio. Mr. Mitchell, a saxophonist and composer, helped found the seminal Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in Chicago in 1965. Since then, his seeking intellect and sensitive ear have led him to a multitude of projects and recordings. He has that prolificacy in common with Mr. Shipp, a rugged free improviser in his own right, and one of the more influential members of the New York jazz scene over the past 30 years.
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[Chuck Nessa]

Sorry I can't be there.

[BFrank]

I'm sure it will be great. Looking forward to seeing him at Big Ears, though!

[clifford_thornton]

Will be there and looking so forward to it!

[clifford_thornton]

Hope it was recorded -- what an amazing concert.

It was broken up into three parts: Matthew solo (a chunky, angular, but swinging exposition); the Shipp Trio (where NTB's dry, loose, but utterly 'on' approach really shined); and the quartet with Roscoe, who began with a lengthy solo sopranino performance before the group entered and he switched to alto. Much of this was very dense, but absolutely gorgeous, almost as though Mitchell presented a Richard Serra sculpture that the rest of the art-room had to work its way around and into. It was really something else.