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Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp at Guelph Jazz Festival
Courtesy of Chris Rich | Posted on July 5, 2012
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Sat, September 8, 2012
Time:1 pm
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Musicians
Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp
band / ensemble / orchestraDarius Jones
saxophone, altoMatthew Shipp
pianoAbout
River Run Centre (Cooperators Hall)
New York pianist Matthew Shipp's playing is a brilliant synthesis of the entire jazz piano tradition, filtered through his unique musical personality. With enormous technical command, Shipp summons colourful clouds of sound through his dense, rhythmically charged chording, and has a knack for interweaving melodic material - the theme of a standard tune, for instance - compellingly into musical abstraction. Alto saxophonist Darius Jones has quickly established himself as a leading voice on his instrument, and plays with a sweeping power and quicksilver imagination...