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| 0 | LONDON: Cafe Oto |
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| P | Sunday 14th February, 2010 |
| N | 8:00pm |
Matthew Shipp is one of the most distinctive and inventive jazz pianists working today, a player whose compositional and improvisational brilliance have established him as perhaps the most original pianist since Cecil Taylor.
He has been a leading figure in the New York jazz scene since he moved there in 1984, playing with such figures as David S. Ware, Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker, Joe and Mat Maneri, Susie Ibarra, Joe Morris, Whit Dickey and Other Dimensions in Music. He also has long standing connections with the British free improvisation scene, having collaborated numerous times with Spring Heel Jack, and forming a richly productive association with saxophonist Evan Parker. Shipp's eclectic approach and restless musical curiosity have led to a number of notable collaborations with musicians from beyond the realm of jazz, such as the Anti Pop Consortium, El P and J Spaceman.
This three day residency will allow Shipp to explore the multiple dimensions of his musical world with a hand picked selection of British musicians, some he knows well, some he has never before had the opportunity to work with.
Matthew Shipp's residency ends with an unprecedented and truly intriguing meeting with saxophonist
John Butcher, two musicians whose musical explorations have followed very different trajectories. John Butcher has developed a way of playing the saxophone which moves decisively beyond its jazz associations. Matthew Shipp, on the other hand, has always remained rooted in the jazz tradition, even as he works to expand and transfigure it. Both of these highly distinctive musicians will play a solo set, giving the audience an opportunity to hear their individual voice, before coming together for a duo set that promises to be one of the most memorable musical meetings of recent years.
