4D (album) explained

4D
Type:	studio
Artist:	Matthew Shipp
Cover:	4D_Shipp_cover.jpeg
Released:	2010
Recorded:	May 17, 2009
Studio:	Roulette, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	59:56
Label:	Thirsty Ear
Producer:	Peter Gordon
Chronology:	Matthew Shipp
Prev Title:	Harmonic Disorder
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	SAMA
Next Year:	2010

4D is a solo album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, which was recorded in 2009 and released on Thirsty Ear's Blue Series.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "On 4D, Shipp nods to history with keen depth perception and articulates his new directions gracefully."

The All About Jazz review by John Sharpe notes that "Shipp features standards and popular songs alongside his own compositions, with some recognizable straight away but others treated so obliquely as to be unrecognizable."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp except as indicated

1. "4D" – 4:18
2. "The Crack in the Piano" – 5:06
3. "Equilibrium" – 3:08
4. "Teleportation" – 4:17
5. "Dark Matter" – 2:35
6. "Stairs" – 2:57
7. "Jazz Paradox" – 4:49
8. "Blue Web in Space" – 5:36
9. "What Is This Thing Called Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:30
10. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma / Jacques Prévert) – 2:46
11. "Sequence and Vibration" – 8:00
12. "Frère Jacques" (traditional) – 2:59
13. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington) – 3:01
14. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Charles Converse) – 0:54
15. "Primal Harmony" – 3:43
16. "Greensleeves" (traditional) – 2:17

Personnel

• Matthew Shipp - piano

Notes and References

1. Sharpe, John. 4D review at All About Jazz