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Results of a 30 year Manhattan friendship, Japanese-born pianist Eri Yamamoto and local pianist Matthew Shipp first met when she had a solo gig in an East Village club. Moving in the same advanced music circles and working with the likes of William Parker, Daniel Carter and Hamid Drake, both have recorded solo and in many different types of groups, but never as a duo. The horizon that’s stretched here is the adaptation of two… Read More
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