Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shippis an American pianist, composer and bandleader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth7 December 1960
CountryUnited States of America
hatred avant-garde jazz
I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.
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.
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.