Expansion, Power, Release Explained

Expansion, Power, Release
Type:	studio
Artist:	Matthew Shipp
Cover:	Expansion_powert_release_cover.jpeg
Released:	2001
Recorded:	November 18, 1999
Studio:	Seltzer Sound, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	56:04
Label:	hatOLOGY
Producer:	Art Lange
Chronology:	Matthew Shipp
Prev Title:	Pastoral Composure
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	New Orbit
Next Year:	2001

Expansion, Power, Release is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1999 and released on the Swiss hatOLOGY label. It was the second album by his String Trio with violinist Mat Maneri and bassist William Parker, the first was By the Law of Music.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "The trio record functions somewhat in the manner of a classical ensemble, with some Vienesse references slipping into the design, but the pianist is at his freshest and most beguiling on what is a compact, smartly delivered set of mostly short pieces."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp

1. "Organs" – 2:22
2. "Expansion" – 2:57
3. "Waltz" – 3:58
4. "Combinational Entity" – 2:31
5. "Speech of Form" – 5:01
6. "Environment" – 3:00
7. "Weave Now a Web Rooted" – 5:38
8. "Connection" – 2:27
9. "Pulse Form" – 3:10
10. "Power" – 8:23
11. "Functional Form" – 2:58
12. "Reflex" – 2:21
13. "Release" – 8:07
14. "One More" – 3:11

Personnel

• Matthew Shipp - piano
• Mat Maneri – violin
• William Parker – bass

Notes and References

1. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2002. Penguin. London. 0140515216. 1338.