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Type: Musician Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes Date of Birth: December 7, 1960 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Matthew Shipp Related Authors: Loretta Lynn Lenny Kravitz Elvis Presley Paul Simon Billy Joel Bob Dylan Little Richard Don Was |
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
Matthew Shipp 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? Matthew Shipp I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde. Matthew Shipp I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed. Matthew Shipp 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. Matthew Shipp 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 the language of jazz - at a certain point. Matthew Shipp Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. Matthew Shipp What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. Matthew Shipp |
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