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Nu Bop Live in Bloomington, MN
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This Italian import documents a 2004 festival gig by
Matthew Shipp
's then-operational
Nu Bop
ensemble, named after one of his first studio albums to mix jazz and electronics.
Shipp
plays acoustic piano throughout; the electronics (programmed beats and other sounds) are handled by drummer
Guillermo Brown
, whose own work combines jazz, funk, hip-hop, and laptop electronica. The pianist's longtime partner,
William Parker
, plays bass, and
Daniel Carter
of
Test
and
Other Dimensions in Music
is up front on alto and tenor saxophone. The gig begins with the studio album's title track,
"Nu Bop,"
in a version that's much more unfettered and aggressive than the recorded take.
Carter
's saxophone solo recalls
John Zorn
in its screeching and sandpapery tone. That's followed by a nearly eight-minute drum-and-laptop solo from
Brown
, which derails the momentum somewhat, but it leads smoothly into a quick (three and a half minutes) version of the pulsating
"Rocket Shipp,"
basically a piano-drums duo though
Parker
's audible in the back, and then things get really weird.
"Did I Say That?"
is a showcase for
that begins with harsh breathing and guttural chanting before he picks up the alto saxophone and really goes to town, unleashing long screaming runs at full force. The bulk of the disc is taken up with a nearly 26-minute version of
"Nu Abstract,"
a piece that finds
plucking at the strings inside the piano for an almost harpsichord-like effect.
throws all kinds of sound effects, from dripping water to squelching synths to what sounds like a manipulated horn line, out there, as
bows his bass and
duets with all the weirdness like
Ornette Coleman
on a mid-'90s
Prime Time
album. In its final third, the piece becomes convulsive, concussive free jazz, with the electronics taking a back seat to pure quartet uproar. And the concert closes with a six-minute run through
's stately, romantic
"Virgin Complex,"
a melancholy theme that inspires some almost liturgical playing. This disc is by no means a footnote in
's lengthy discography; indeed, it supplants the studio album that shares its title, which felt at the time and still feels like a not fully realized experiment. ~ Phil Freeman
Matthew Shipp
's then-operational
Nu Bop
ensemble, named after one of his first studio albums to mix jazz and electronics.
Shipp
plays acoustic piano throughout; the electronics (programmed beats and other sounds) are handled by drummer
Guillermo Brown
, whose own work combines jazz, funk, hip-hop, and laptop electronica. The pianist's longtime partner,
William Parker
, plays bass, and
Daniel Carter
of
Test
and
Other Dimensions in Music
is up front on alto and tenor saxophone. The gig begins with the studio album's title track,
"Nu Bop,"
in a version that's much more unfettered and aggressive than the recorded take.
Carter
's saxophone solo recalls
John Zorn
in its screeching and sandpapery tone. That's followed by a nearly eight-minute drum-and-laptop solo from
Brown
, which derails the momentum somewhat, but it leads smoothly into a quick (three and a half minutes) version of the pulsating
"Rocket Shipp,"
basically a piano-drums duo though
Parker
's audible in the back, and then things get really weird.
"Did I Say That?"
is a showcase for
that begins with harsh breathing and guttural chanting before he picks up the alto saxophone and really goes to town, unleashing long screaming runs at full force. The bulk of the disc is taken up with a nearly 26-minute version of
"Nu Abstract,"
a piece that finds
plucking at the strings inside the piano for an almost harpsichord-like effect.
throws all kinds of sound effects, from dripping water to squelching synths to what sounds like a manipulated horn line, out there, as
bows his bass and
duets with all the weirdness like
Ornette Coleman
on a mid-'90s
Prime Time
album. In its final third, the piece becomes convulsive, concussive free jazz, with the electronics taking a back seat to pure quartet uproar. And the concert closes with a six-minute run through
's stately, romantic
"Virgin Complex,"
a melancholy theme that inspires some almost liturgical playing. This disc is by no means a footnote in
's lengthy discography; indeed, it supplants the studio album that shares its title, which felt at the time and still feels like a not fully realized experiment. ~ Phil Freeman
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