Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford Brown. He began playing piano at five years old. Shipp was strongly attracted to jazz, but also played in rock groups while in high school. Shipp attended the University of Delaware for "a couple years" before dropping out. He opted instead to live with his parents and focus on practicing, though he frequently traveled to Philadelphia to pick up gigs as a cocktail pianist and to study with Dennis Sandole, who Shipp has cited as playing an important role in his development. More information...
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