Expansion, Power, Release
{{Infobox album
| name = Expansion, Power, Release
| type = studio
| artist = Matthew Shipp
| cover = Expansion_powert_release_cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 2001
| recorded = November 18, 1999
| venue =
| studio = Seltzer Sound, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 56:04
| label = hatOLOGY
| producer = Art Lange
| chronology = Matthew Shipp
| prev_title = Pastoral Composure
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = New Orbit
| next_year = 2001
}}
Expansion, Power, Release is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1999 and released on the Swiss 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
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last = Brackett|first = Nathan|author-link = Nathan Brackett|title = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|edition = 4th|series = The Rolling Stone Album Guide|year = 2004|publisher = Fireside|isbn = 0743201698|pages = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/732 732]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/732}}
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
}}
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."{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|edition = 6th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2002|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 0140515216|pages =1338}}
Track listing
:All compositions by Matthew Shipp
- "Organs" – 2:22
- "Expansion" – 2:57
- "Waltz" – 3:58
- "Combinational Entity" – 2:31
- "Speech of Form" – 5:01
- "Environment" – 3:00
- "Weave Now a Web Rooted" – 5:38
- "Connection" – 2:27
- "Pulse Form" – 3:10
- "Power" – 8:23
- "Functional Form" – 2:58
- "Reflex" – 2:21
- "Release" – 8:07
- "One More" – 3:11
Personnel
References
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