Matthew Shipp Quartet Declared Enemy
Our Lady Of The Flowers
2015 - RogueArt: ROG-0057 
http://www.roguart.com/product/our-lady-of-the-flowers/90

* Matthew Shipp : piano
* Sabir Mateen  : tenor saxophone, clarinet
* William Parker: double bass
* Gerald Cleaver: drums
 
http://www.matthewshipp.com/ 
http://www.sabirmateen.com/ 
http://www.williamparker.net/ 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Cleaver_%28musician%29

Recorded by Jim Clouse at Park West Studio,
Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA, on June 13th 2013.


Reviews
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By shanleymusic

[...]

There will never be another tenor saxophonist like the late David S. Ware, with
whom Shipp played extensively. "From the Beyond," the fourth track on Our Lady
of the Flowers comes off like an accidental tribute to the master, the tenor
eruptions coming from Sabir Mateen. Bassist William Parker, another longtime
Ware bandmate, creates the rolling thunder with Shipp, giving Mateen the bed
for heavy vibrato, low growls and high-pitched exclamations. Drummer Gerald
Cleaver gets the final word, not with multi-directional shots across his kit
but a steady bash on toms and cymbal, which finishes off the track for a solid
two minutes.

"From the Beyond" epitomizes the quartet on Our Lady of the Flowers but the
disc features much more than that. The group breaks into duos (piano and drums,
piano and clarinet), solos (bass) and even a trio without piano. Some of it
gets brutal, some of it sounds exploratory, but all of it sounds
consistent. Proof that changing one or two musicians in a band can take the
entire sound in completely new directions.

[...]

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By Joel Barela 
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2015/11/matthew-shipp-quartet-declared-enemy.html

By John Sharpe 
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/our-lady-of-the-flowers-matthew-shipp-rogueart-records-review-by-john-sharpe.php

By Ken Waxman 
http://www.jazzword.com/one-review/?id=128853

Elias Hillström (se) 
http://www.lira.se/skivrecension/our-lady-of-the-flowers/

Peter Bornemar (se) 
http://www.digjazz.se/Diggat.RogueArt.html

Da Elfio Nicolosi (it) 
http://www.traccedijazz.it/index.php/new-album/25-nuove-uscite-straniere/1694-matthew-shipp-quartet-our-lady-of-the-flowers