Matthew Shipp Trio at St. Andrew's & St. Luke's Episcopal Church

"Matthew Shipp remains uncategorizable. He and his collaborators work almost entirely spontaneously, without written compositions, but his recordings also seem increasingly well-structured and beautiful. This trio, with bassist Michael Bisio and Newman Taylor Baker on drums, has been working together for some time, so their collective language is highly coordinated. They are fluent in quickly discovering a vibe, tonal center, and focus, even when there is no written theme. But this collection is exceptionally telepathic, even by Shipp’s elevated standards."
— Will Layman, PopMatters, reviewing Matthew Shipp Trio's new recording, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz...

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"Matthew Shipp remains uncategorizable. He and his collaborators work almost entirely spontaneously, without written compositions, but his recordings also seem increasingly well-structured and beautiful. This trio, with bassist Michael Bisio and Newman Taylor Baker on drums, has been working together for some time, so their collective language is highly coordinated. They are fluent in quickly discovering a vibe, tonal center, and focus, even when there is no written theme. But this collection is exceptionally telepathic, even by Shipp’s elevated standards."
— Will Layman, PopMatters, reviewing Matthew Shipp Trio's new recording, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz

"For the last three decades and change, over dozens of recordings, (Matthew Shipp) the avant-garde pillar and Downtown New York City lifer has ripped up, deconstructed and reinvented the jazz blueprint with forward-looking abandon. Whether leading his deep-thinking yet freewheeling trio of bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Newman Taylor Baker, delving into his shapeshifting solo piano work or partaking in collaborative and sideman gigs, Shipp creates inside his own indelible genre."
— Brad Cohan, Tidal Magazine

"Matthew Shipp and his work have fascinated me since I first heard him many years ago. His originality and approach sometimes stretches the limits of what is considered jazz music yet at the same time, describes perfectly the fierce freedom of it. ... Matthew is not only a brilliant jazz pianist, he is a true artist and visionary."
— Henry Rollins

Elysium Furnace Works is proud to present the return to Beacon, NY by one of the world's most tirelessly creative, radically inspired and innovative pianists, leading one of the most celebrated piano trios of the modern era: the Matthew Shipp Trio. Featuring the extraordinary rhythm section of Hudson Valley-based bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Newman Taylor Baker, the Matthew Shipp Trio will perform once more at St. Andrew's and St. Luke's Church where the group last performed in 2016. The MST performs in support of their acclaimed new recording, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz, released by the legendary ESP-Disk' record label.

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