Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shippis an American pianist, composer and bandleader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth7 December 1960
CountryUnited States of America
music elements jazz
The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point.
fit marketing monk name sphere style
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?
music names perfect
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.
people generations world
People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world.
people pigeons able
I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.
hatred avant-garde jazz
I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.
mean thinking names
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?
piano piano-playing bud
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
music bebop done
What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.