Piano Vortex

2007 studio album by Matthew Shipp

Piano Vortex

Studio album by

Matthew Shipp

Released| 2007
Recorded| February 28, 2007
Studio| MPI Studios, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 53:13
Label| Thirsty Ear
Matthew Shipp chronology
| Salute to 100001 Stars
(2006)  | Piano Vortex
(2007)  | Right Hemisphere
(2008)

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Piano Vortex is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp recorded in 2007 and released on Thirsty Ear's Blue Series. He leads a traditional acoustic piano trio with Joe Morris on bass and Whit Dickey on drums.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "Piano Vortex is the most intimate recording Shipp has made in a long while. He looks back through the music's history and speaks with it, as it informs his own extension of it."[1]

The All About Jazz review by Troy Collins says "The trio blends turbulent swing with brooding ambience. Shipp's writing embodies a dusky, foreboding quality, coloring restless momentum with shades of uncertainty; his pieces veer from still melancholy to tumultuous agitation."[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Matthew Shipp

1. "Piano Vortex" – 10:27
2. "Key Swing" – 3:21
3. "The New Circumstance" – 9:12
4. "Nooks and Corners" – 4:10
5. "Sliding Through Space" – 8:54
6. "Quivering with Speed" – 6:39
7. "Slips Through the Fingers" – 3:17
8. "To Vitalize" – 7:13

## Personnel

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* Matthew Shipp – piano
* Joe Morris – bass
* Whit Dickey – drums

## References

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1. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Matthew Shipp – Piano Vortex: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
2. ^ Collins, Troy. Piano Vortex review at All About Jazz

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