Whit Dickey Tao Quartets – ‘Peace Planet’ and ‘Box of Light’ (2019)
Whit Dickey uses his drums not to merely set a rhythmic pulse of the song, but the spiritual pulse, too.

Whit Dickey uses his drums not to merely set a rhythmic pulse of the song, but the spiritual pulse, too.

Once again, Ivo Perelman follows a path that the listener has never gone down before – or the musicians, for that matter.

The enthusiasm that Jeff Cosgrove, Matthew Shipp and William Parker invest in pushing jazz into sweet freedom shines through on ‘Near Disaster.’
Matthew Shipp returns to his trio, using a common setup to make music that’s uncommonly advanced and stimulating.

A quarter century of musical association between Matthew Shipp and Mat Maneri continues with ‘Conference of the Mat/ts.’

‘Seraphic Light’ is the kind of musical togetherness that can only happen with a great deal of time-tested rapport and virtuosity.
‘Symbol Systems’ opened a new chapter into the bountiful art of Matthew Shipp, a chapter he has continuously amended to this day.
‘Oneness’ means a singular mind driving two instruments into a spiritual musical communion.
With the singularly outsized saxophone and clarinet personality of Mat Walerian in the mix for ‘Sonic Fiction,’ Matthew Shipp has found a plenty good justification for going back to a quartet.

‘Zero’ is another one of those ‘pure’ Matthew Shipp solo piano records where there’s nothing in between the depths of his soul and your ears.