Expansion, Power, Release

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Expansion, Power, Release
hatOLOGY
ProducerArt Lange
Matthew Shipp chronology
Pastoral Composure
(2000)
Expansion, Power, Release
(2001)
New Orbit
(2001)

Expansion, Power, Release is an album by American jazz pianist

hatOLOGY label. It was the second album by his String Trio with violinist Mat Maneri and bassist William Parker, the first was By the Law of Music
.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "The trio record functions somewhat in the manner of a classical ensemble, with some Vienesse references slipping into the design, but the pianist is at his freshest and most beguiling on what is a compact, smartly delivered set of mostly short pieces."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp
  1. "Organs" – 2:22
  2. "Expansion" – 2:57
  3. "Waltz" – 3:58
  4. "Combinational Entity" – 2:31
  5. "Speech of Form" – 5:01
  6. "Environment" – 3:00
  7. "Weave Now a Web Rooted" – 5:38
  8. "Connection" – 2:27
  9. "Pulse Form" – 3:10
  10. "Power" – 8:23
  11. "Functional Form" – 2:58
  12. "Reflex" – 2:21
  13. "Release" – 8:07
  14. "One More" – 3:11

Personnel

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