Elastic Aspects

Elastic Aspects is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp recorded in 2011 and released on Thirsty Ear's Blue Series. It was the debut studio recording by the trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Whit Dickey on drums, following a live performance included in Art of the Improviser.

Elastic Aspects
Studio album by Matthew Shipp
Released	2012
Recorded	July 8, 2011
Studio	Systems Two, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:44
Label	Thirsty Ear
Producer	Peter Gordon
Matthew Shipp chronology
Broken Partials (2011) Elastic Aspects (2012) Floating Ice (2012)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[1]

In a review for JazzTimes Mike Shanley notes that "His playing here, and especially on the solo tracks, has a lyrical, delicate quality that should surprise anyone expecting more familiar avant-garde moves, like heavy thunder from the bottom of the keyboard."^[2]

The All About Jazz review by John Sharpe states "Shipp sounds like no-one else, with a style characterized by abrupt contrasts of crystalline delicacy rubbing shoulders with dissonant depth charges and insistent circular motifs."^[3]

The Down Beat review by Bill Meyer says that "Elastic Aspects can be seen as a companion piece to its predecessor in the way that it very explicitly breaks down the components of his trio music and isolates how they interact."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp

1. "Alternative Aspects" – 2:19
2. "Aspects" – 0:27
3. "Psychic Counterpart" – 4:47
4. "Frame Focus" – 3:52
5. "Flow Chart" – 1:30
6. "Mute Voice" – 3:12
7. "Explosive Aspects" – 3:19
8. "Raw Materials" – 5:30
9. "Rainforest" – 5:08
10. "Stage 10" – 3:12
11. "Dimension" – 3:24
12. "Elastic Aspects" – 4:30
13. "Elastic Eye" – 7:36

Personnel

• Matthew Shipp – piano
• Michael Bisio – bass
• Whit Dickey – drums