''2-Z'' is an album by the American jazz pianist

Matthew Shipp Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American pianist, composer, and bandleader. Early life and education Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and began playing piano at six years old. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford B ...

with AACM saxophonist

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, recorded in 1995 and released on the 2.13.61 label. Shipp played previously with Mitchell's Note Factory on the album ''

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'', but ''2-Z'' represents their first collaboration with Shipp as a leader.Original Liner Notes by Robert Hicks

Reception

In his review for

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states: "The men speak the same language —albeit with slightly different accents— and they communicate quite well. A nice record." ''

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'' wrote that the album "is a meeting of generations, and Shipp sounds respectful and happy to take second place for much of it, constantly searching for some normative path that might hint at a tonal centre".

Track listing

:''All compositions by Matthew Shipp and Roscoe Mitchell'' # "2-Z" – 3:11 # "2-Z-2" – 4:03 # "2-Z-3" – 4:45 # "2-Z-4" – 3:47 # "2-Z-5" – 2:53 # "2-Z-6" – 2:46 # "2-Z-7" – 2:40 # "2-Z-8" – 4:13 # "2-Z-9" – 2:54 # "2-Z-10" – 6:02 # "2-Z-11 (The Physics of Angels)" – 6:46

Personnel

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

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alto sax The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

soprano sax The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

References

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