Matthew Shipp One

"[A] dozen solo piano pieces as frisky and dramatic as they are assured, generating electricity without plugging anything in." -- Grade: A-
"His touch is lighter, and his melodies now stand in stark relief instead of rising like spray from a rolling surf of dissonance."
"ONE commands attention....This album returns Shipp to jazz roots. There are no wasted notes here -- 12 very distinctive tracks are packed into just 40 minutes."
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Music that can conjure thoughts of a visual world has to be doing something right, and Shipp's rococo reveries have enough cinematic clout to make one thing obvious: Brooding becomes him."
"He lays little eggs that evolve into wildly unpredictable shapes and then stop, in quick fades....It is all very fresh to the ear..."