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8 quotes by Matthew Shipp

Matthew Shipp Background information Birth name Matthew Shipp Born (1960-12-07) December 7, 1960 (age 54) Origin Wilmington, Delaware, United States Genres Free jazz, avant-garde jazz, free improvisation, post bop Occupation(s) Musician Instruments Piano Years active 1987–present Labels Thirsty Ear, FMP, No More, hatOLOGY Website Official Website Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American pianist, composer and bandleader.
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His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?

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People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world.

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What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.

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The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of... →

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Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.

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I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.

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I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.

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Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.

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