The Flow of X
1997 studio album by Matthew Shipp
The Flow of X | ||||
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Studio album by Matthew Shipp | ||||
Released | 1997 | |||
Recorded | May 14, 1995 | |||
Studio | Seltzer Sound, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 48:49 | |||
Label | 2.13.61 | |||
Producer | Matthew Shipp | |||
Matthew Shipp chronology | ||||
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The Flow of X is an album by the American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, recorded in 1995 and released on the 2.13.61 label. It features a quartet with violinist Mat Maneri, bassist William Parker and drummer Whit Dickey, the same lineup as the previous album Critical Mass. The liner notes include a piece by Shipp comparing boxing and jazz.[1]
Reception
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In his review for AllMusic, Charlie Wilmoth states that "Shipp plays rich, low-register chords and more acrobatic lines like a slightly more sedate Cecil Taylor."[3] The JazzTimes review by Josef Woodard notes that "this music is all about flow, the flow of dialogue and moods between sentient musicians and the flow of music with a decidedly free will."[5]
Track listing
- All compositions by Matthew Shipp
- "Flow of X" – 5:49
- "Flow of Silence" – 6:12
- "Flow of Y" – 7:43
- "Flow of M" – 6:52
- "Flow of U" – 9:33
- "Instinctive Codes" – 12:40
Personnel
- Matthew Shipp - piano
- Mat Maneri – violin
- William Parker – bass
- Whit Dickey – drums
References
- ^ Boxing and Jazz by Matthew Shipp
- ^ Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Fireside. pp. 732. ISBN 0743201698.
- ^ a b Wilmoth, Charley. Matthew Shipp – The Flow of X: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1293. ISBN 0141034017.
- ^ Flow of X review by Josef Woodard at JazzTimes
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- Points
- Circular Temple
- Zo
- Critical Mass
- Symbol Systems
- Prism
- 2-Z
- The Flow of X
- Before the World
- By the Law of Music
- Thesis
- The Multiplication Table
- Strata
- DNA
- Magnetism
- Gravitational Systems
- Pastoral Composure
- Expansion, Power, Release
- New Orbit
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- Equilibrium
- Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp
- The Trio Plays Ware
- In Finland
- One
- Piano Vortex
- Right Hemisphere
- Un Piano
- Cosmic Suite
- Harmonic Disorder
- 4D
- SAMA
- Art of the Improviser
- Cosmic Lieder
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- Floating Ice
- Rex, Wrecks & XXX
- Piano Sutras
- Root of Things
- The Darkseid Recital
- I've Been to Many Places
- To Duke
- Live at Okuden
- The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael
- Our Lady of the Flowers
- The Conduct of Jazz
- Live at Okuden
- Cactus
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