Darius Jones - alto saxophone
Matthew Shipp - piano
AUM Fidelity 2011
The recording of the first musical meeting of Darius Jones and Matthew Shipp presents an opportunity to create a handfull of catchy promotional phrases. Young player who is just coming into his own meets an accomplished and widely acknowledged master of the genre. A student and a teacher. Experiment and experience. One could easily go on with cliches like these concerning the topic of an inter-generational conflict.
The good news is that it's all on the outside, this is all appearance. On the inside there are none.