Un Piano Explained

Un Piano
Type:	studio
Artist:	Matthew Shipp
Cover:	Un_Piano_cover.jpg
Released:	2008
Recorded:	July 21 & 22, 2007
Studio:	MPI Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	47:25
Label:	RogueArt
Producer:	Michel Dorbon
Chronology:	Matthew Shipp
Prev Title:	Right Hemisphere
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Cosmic Suite
Next Year:	2008

Un Piano is a solo album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 2007 and released on the French RogueArt label.

Reception

The All About Jazz review by Lyn Horton states "Shipp reaches sonorities similar to the ones he has discovered before, but has found them starting from a different standpoint, a wider yet more honed transfiguration of the 88-key spectrum within which he breathes."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp

1. "Enter In" – 3:05
2. "Geometry" – 4:11
3. "Sparks" – 2:40
4. "Spike" – 3:31
5. "Linear Shocks" – 5:42
6. "Two Things Together" – 4:46
7. "Whole Zone" – 1:58
8. "Simple Fact" – 3:18
9. "Riddle" – 6:10
10. "Cloud Chamber 6" – 6:10
11. "Harmony of Apollo" – 4:56
12. "Exit Out" – 3:26

Personnel

• Matthew Shipp – piano

Notes and References

1. Horton, Lyn. Un Piano review at All About Jazz