Our Lady of the Flowers (album) explained

Our Lady of the Flowers
Type:studio
Artist:Matthew Shipp
Cover:Our_Lady_of_the_Flowers_album_cover.jpeg
Released:2015
Recorded:June 13, 2013
Studio:Park West Studio, Brooklyn
Genre:Jazz
Length:68:56
Label:RogueArt
Producer:Michel Dorbon
Chronology:Matthew Shipp
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Our Lady of the Flowers is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, which was recorded in 2013 and released on the French RogueArt label. The album is named after the novel by French writer Jean Genet. It was the second disc by Shipp's Declared Enemy, the quartet he assembled for Salute to 100001 Stars with reedist Sabir Mateen, bassist William Parker and drummer Gerald Cleaver.

Reception

The All About Jazz review by John Sharpe states "Shipp propounds his utterly distinctive style, with nagging motifs prominent, though he reins in his customary explosions."[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp

  1. "Atomic Note" – 7:03
  2. "New Tension" – 5:18
  3. "A Different Plane" – 7:38
  4. "From the Beyond" – 8:27
  5. "Silence Blooms" – 4:24
  6. "Irrational" – 6:46
  7. "Our Lady of the Flowers" – 11:03
  8. "Gasp" – 7:41
  9. "Cosmic Joke" – 8:56

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Sharpe, John. Our Lady of the Flowers review at All About Jazz