One (Matthew Shipp album)

One
Studio album by Matthew Shipp
Released	2005
Recorded	August 18, 2005
Studio	Leon Lee Dorsey Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:33
Label	Thirsty Ear
Producer	Matthew Shipp, Peter Gordon
Matthew Shipp chronology
In Finland (2004) One (2005) Phenomena of Interference (2006)

One is a solo album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, which was recorded in 2005 and released on Thirsty Ear's Blue Series.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "One is a fully realized and poetic work by a mature pianist who should finally begin getting his due, not only as an improviser and a visionary but as a technician as well."

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "he delves into the worlds of Cecil Taylor, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, but without ever once referencing any of these ancestral presences directly."

The All About Jazz review by Nic Jones claims "If indeed it is the case that the solo piano recital is fraught with potential hazards, then Shipp manages to avoid them through the simple expedient of writing his own rulebook."

The Pitchfork review by Matthew Murphy states "With their compact, elegant architecture and measured elocution, One's 12 songs often resemble the early 20th century piano studies of Ravel or Debussy as closely as they do modern jazz."

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Shipp.

1. "Arc" – 3:08
2. "Patmos" – 3:38
3. "Gamma Ray" – 4:27
4. "Milky Way" – 3:25
5. "Blue in Orion" – 3:32
6. "Electro Magnetism" – 2:43
7. "The Encounter" – 4:05
8. "The Rose Is a Rose" – 2:08
9. "IEOU" – 3:21
10. "Abyss Code" – 2:30
11. "Zero" – 3:23
12. "Module" – 4:13

Personnel

• Matthew Shipp – piano