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The Multiplication Table

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For several years, pianist Matthew Shipp’s trio changed drummers whenever saxophonist David S. Ware’s quartet did. This incarnation featured Susie Ibarra behind the kit, and found the two (plus bassist William Parker) digging into two original compositions, three highly abstract collective improvisations, and three standards: “Autumn Leaves” and two Duke Ellington tunes, “The ‘C’ Jam Blues” and “Take the ‘A’ Train.” The cumulative result is a stormy, thrilling journey from the core of jazz all the way out to its fringes.

Phil Freeman

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