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Matthew Shipp
Sign in to saveAmerican pianist, composer, and bandleader
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1960-12-07
avant-garde jazzfree improvisationfree jazzjazzjazz and bluespost-bop
Discography
- Symbol Systems1995
- Cama de terra1996
- Bendito of Santa Cruz1997
- Brazilian Watercolour1999
- Magnetism1999
- Songs2001
- Nu Bop2002
- Equilibrium2003
- Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp2003
- Harmony and Abyss2004
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 35,790
- Total plays
- 333,762
Tags
free jazzjazzpianoAvant-Gardeexperimental
Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.[1][2][3] He began playing piano at five years old.[5] Shipp was strongly attracted to jazz, but also played in rock groups while in high school. Shipp attended the University of Delaware for "a couple years" before dropping out.[6] He opted instead to live with his parents and focus on practicing, though he frequently traveled to Philadelphia to pick up gigs as a cocktail pianist and to stu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wilmington
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Educated at
- University of Delaware
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.matthewshipp.com
- Image
- Matthew Shipp.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1960-12-07
- Commons category
- Matthew Shipp
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
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