The Cosmic Piano, by Matthew Shipp

The Cosmic Piano

by Matthew Shipp

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	1.	The Cosmic Piano 03:59
	2.	Cosmic Junk Jazz DNA 08:01
	3.	Orbit Light 06:21
	4.	Piano's DNA Upgrade 05:10
	5.	The Other Dimensional Tone 06:38
	6.	Blues Orgasm 05:05
	7.	Radio Signals from Jazz Keys 02:24
	8.	Suburban Outerspace 04:25
	9.	Face to Face 03:16
	10.	Subconscious Piano 02:08
	11.	The Future Is in the Past 05:18
	12.	A Cosmic Thank You 03:19

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Avant-jazz pianist and composer Matthew Shipp has been referred to as the “elder statesman” of the art form by DownBeat magazine, but the reach and scope of his music extends much further than mere genre. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 delivers on that promise — a solo recording that taps into the deeper exploratory potential of the instrument, with Shipp channeling a lifetime of knowledge and a daunting array of influences into nearly an hour of spontaneous, enlightened and joyfully rendered music.

“The preparation is your life,” Shipp explains. “If you’re a real improviser — and I mean 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 by acknowledging that it’s a praxis and an art form and a discipline — it’s like being a boxer. You do your road work, speed bag, heavy bag and then you spar, and it’s an all-day process for you. It’s a lifestyle.”

As with all of Shipp’s music, this recording goes beyond any simple categorization, and in part informs why he wanted to release the album through Cantaloupe Music, the in-house label of Bang on a Can. The New York-based arts collective has built a worldwide reputation for nurturing new music dubbed as “alternative classical,” “experimental classical” or “indie classical,” and is known for collaborating with artists and composers across all genres, including jazz, electronic, rock, pop and hip-hop.

As Bang on a Can co-founder David Lang writes in the liner notes, “Matthew had the idea that if his music could be heard in the context of Cantaloupe’s catalog, it could encourage people to hear a different aspect of what he does. It isn’t that he made a different kind of music than he usually makes — this music is clearly his! The powerful architecture, the sly dissonance, the joyful and quick changes of pace, they are all still here. What has changed is the context in which we are listening to it. Matthew imagined that changing the frame in which we hear the music might allow us to hear something new in it, something we did not expect.”

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released June 20, 2025

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Marc Urselli
Recorded on September 8, 2024 at EastSide Sound, New York, NY

All compositions published by Matt Shipp Music (ASCAP)

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"Matthew Shipp has become an elder statesman in the jazz world. How that happened can be boiled down to two simple elements. One: he has created a unique sound and language for improvised music and two: Shipp has become a doyen of cutting edge music making and opinion." – Mark Corroto, All About Jazz ... more

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