- jazz
- 48 min
- 9 tracks
- Thirsty Ear
Pastoral Composure is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, recorded in 2000 and released on Thirsty Ear. It was the first installment of the Blue Series, a collection of releases curated by Shipp. He leads a quartet with trumpeter Roy Campbell, bassist William Parker and drummer Gerald Cleaver. The album includes a version of Duke Ellington composition "Prelude to a Kiss" and a rendition of the French traditional song "Frère Jacques".
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Grave, character-led, intimate and spare.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Gesture6:49
- 2Visions7:56
- 3Prelude to a Kiss4:39
- 4Pastoral Composure4:40
- 5Progression5:33
- 6Frère Jacques5:37
- 7Merge5:46
- 8Inner Order3:45
- 9XTU3:34
9 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Matthew Shipp Quartet
- Label
- Thirsty Ear
- Released
- 2000
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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