How dare we spend so much valuable energy answering such questions as "What is Jazz?".
WILLIAM PARKER
, SOUND JOURNAL
Steve Swell: trombone
Matthew Shipp: piano
The Dumb Abyss (4:43)All compositions by Matthew Shipp (Matt Shipp Music – ASCAP) and Steve Swell (Steve Swell Music – BMI) except “Space Warp” by Matthew Shipp and “By and By” by Steve Swell
Recorded by Jim Clouse on November 24th, 2021, at Park West Studios, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mixing and Mastering: Jim Clouse
Liner notes: Clifford Allen
Photography: RogueArt
Cover design: Max Schoendorff
Cover realization: David Bourguignon
Executive producer: Michel Dorbon
Although Matthew Shipp and Steve Swell know each other for a very long time, is the first time that these two masters jazz musicians, both from the New York scene, recorded together. A real success and, hopefull we arenow going to see them regularly together.
