Jarring melodies, lively rhythms, electro-jazz-funk, and spoken word fusions—these are the things Matthew Shipp fans have come to associate with the pianist's music. Piano Vortex reminds us that Shipp ...

Since the turn of the millennium, pianist Matthew Shipp has ventured further into the realms of electro-acoustic jazz than many of his peers. An intrepid explorer, his open-minded approach to ...