By the Law of Music

1997 studio album by Matthew Shipp

By the Law of Music

Studio album by

Matthew Shipp

Released| 1997
Recorded| August 5, 1996
Studio| Seltzer Sound, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 60:46
Label| HatART
Producer| Art Lange
Matthew Shipp chronology
| Before the World
(1997)  | By the Law of Music
(1997)  | Thesis
(1997)

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By the Law of Music is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1996 and released on the Swiss HatART label. It was re-released on the hatOLOGY imprint in 2002.

The record marks the debut of his String Trio with violinist Mat Maneri and bassist William Parker. On all other previous recordings Maneri played electric violin, but in this session used exclusively acoustic violin. The album was conceived as a twelve-part suite, but Shipp decided to record Duke Ellington's "Solitude" as a final touch after the suite.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy states "As with almost any artistic invention, the music can be heard on a variety of levels: as chamber jazz, it has a beauty that rewards even the casual listener, while the sophisticated interrelationships give it a great depth and even charm."[2] The JazzTimes review by Josef Woodard says that "The album closes disarmingly, with an anarchic reading of Duke Ellington's 'Solitude', in which the pianist lays down the recognizable form of the tune, while the others dance in atonal abandon."[3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Matthew Shipp except as indicated

1. "Signal" – 0:17
2. "By the Law of Music" – 2:51
3. "Implicit" – 6:58
4. "Fair Play" – 5:00
5. "Grid" – 6:45
6. "Whole Movement" – 3:05
7. "Game of Control" – 7:56
8. "Point to Point" – 4:21
9. "P X" – 3:28
10. "Grid" – 5:36
11. "Coo" – 5:05
12. "X Z U" – 4:31
13. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington) – 4:53

## Personnel

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* Matthew Shipp \- piano
* Mat Maneri – violin
* William Parker – bass

## References

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1. ^ Original Liner Notes by Ben Ratliff
2. ^ a b Loewy, Steve. Matthew Shipp – By the Law of Music: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
3. ^ By the Law of Music review by Josef Woodard at JazzTimes

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* Sonic Explorations
* Points
* Circular Temple
* Zo
* Critical Mass
* Symbol Systems
* Prism
* 2-Z
* The Flow of X
* Before the World
* By the Law of Music
* Thesis
* The Multiplication Table
* Strata
* DNA
* Magnetism
* Gravitational Systems
* Pastoral Composure
* Expansion, Power, Release
* New Orbit
* Songs
* Equilibrium
* Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp
* The Trio Plays Ware
* In Finland
* One
* Piano Vortex
* Right Hemisphere
* Un Piano
* Cosmic Suite
* Harmonic Disorder
* 4D
* SAMA
* Art of the Improviser
* Cosmic Lieder
* Elastic Aspects
* Floating Ice
* Rex, Wrecks & XXX
* Piano Sutras
* Root of Things
* The Darkseid Recital
* I've Been to Many Places
* To Duke
* Live at Okuden
* The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael
* Our Lady of the Flowers
* The Conduct of Jazz
* Live at Okuden
* Cactus
* Piano Song

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