Matthew Shipp／Daniel Carter／William Parker／Gerald Cleaver

[unclejunglebass]

a lot of carter's lines remind me of shorter's nefertiti

[MrMbland]

Beautiful balanced piece ,,,Very aptly named..

Thanks for posting this gold.........

ps: as Howard Moon said "some people just can't handle the freedom of jazz". I think free jazz or improv would give them an aneurism .... 8~))

[ADURG1]

...someone please explain to me how this is not music. (beautiful! thanks for sharing...)

[bobmonsen]

(Cont.) It also seems that som of the people who may be open to "noisy" or more complex music prefer it when it's backed up by a conventional or steady beat, meaning they only need to concentrate on one or at most two elements at a time. Nothing wrong with that, but I'd take William Parker & co over most music these days.

Thanks for posting, and thus spreading the Vision fest vibe.

[bobmonsen]

I'd argue Parker provides plenty of pulse but it's not one set in stone, one that you can tap your feet to. Aside from it's fairly conventional make-up, each player in the band play more complex narratives, often at the same time (even if one may step forward, so to speak) and so you either need to concentrate more, or just let yourself go. My impression is that some of the "I don't understand" people just haven't taken the time to listen. It's not music that grabs a casual listener immediately.

[psudds89]

people listen to this and think "I CANT UNDERSTAND" when it's really pretty conventional...typical instrumentation, allotted solos...it's just the absence of a literal pulse that i think throws people's head inside out

[zojanyo]

someone please explain to me how this is music- what kind of emotional signifigance could this possibly have?

[GentleGinjeet]

I don't get why people give you thumbs down. You stated a legitimate question, not a critique. Emotions? Mine is "being lost", "chaos", "suffering", etc. (don't think that today's pop music can go this deep in these)

[fonfeluch]

you need to have some previous life experiences which had made you in the mood for this kind of music, or just start listening to this kind of music with works of charles mingus, everething will be clear for you then :) take care

[boornos]

Maybe you haven't noticed this (2.10 - 2.45) beautiful part of Carter's solo, damn lyrical melody with "uneasy" background.Check it.

[chriscorso1]

truthinmusic says..don't stop!

[AVHeimerski]

never really met shipp, but the rest if them are nothing short of amazing people and musicians!! this video is awesome, and thanks to the parkers for keeping the art alive!

[Scotttabla]

Piano Vortex. Sound of keys blending the history, but making it now is key. Now is the sound, taking the journey with Matt Shipp is a vision trail with ancient futures mixed with bliss.

[jacobzerodeal]

plus he's hella tall

[KelvinPittman]

Actually, D. Carter's playing an alto saxophone in this clip. I can certainly understand why one would think it's a tenor based on the sounds he's pushing out of it, which get really corrugated towards the end of the clip.