| The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael | ||||
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| Studio album by Matthew Shipp | ||||
| Released | 2015 | |||
| Recorded | October 30, 2014 | |||
| Studio | Parkwest Studios, Brooklyn | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 60:42 | |||
| Label | Relative Pitch | |||
| Producer | Matthew Shipp | |||
| Matthew Shipp chronology | ||||
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The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, which was recorded in 2014 and released on Relative Pitch. It was the first recording featuring his Chamber Ensemble, a trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Mat Maneri on viola. Shipp led in the late 1990s and early 2000s a similar group with Maneri and bassist William Parker: the String Trio, who recorded the albums By the Law of Music and Expansion, Power, Release.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |    |
The Down Beat review by Bradley Bambarger states "The 15 'chapters' of Shipp’s archly titled yet intense, interior suite don’t offer much of a journey in terms of color—this hour of music ranges from austerely ruminative to evocative of angst in the manner of postwar high modernism."
In a review for Tiny Mix Tapes, Clifford Allen says "The Gospel According to Matthew and Michael is of a piece with much of Shipp’s work, as it focuses on multivalent communication between individuals to create a group language that is both singular and partial."
Track listing
- "Chapter 1" – 4:22
- "Chapter 2" – 2:03
- "Chapter 3" – 2:24
- "Chapter 4" – 4:33
- "Chapter 5" – 2:20
- "Chapter 6" – 3:57
- "Chapter 7" – 2:35
- "Chapter 8" – 6:57
- "Chapter 9" – 3:02
- "Chapter 10" – 2:36
- "Chapter 11" – 5:55
- "Chapter 12" – 3:00
- "Chapter 13" – 4:02
- "Chapter 14" – 8:16
- "Chapter 15" – 4:40
Personnel
References
- ^ Bambarger, Bradley. The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael review. Down Beat August 15: page 87. Print.
- Allen, Clifford. The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael review at Tiny Mix Tapes