{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = New Orbit | type = studio | artist = Matthew Shipp | cover = New_orbit_cover.jpeg | alt = | released = 2001 | recorded = September 14, 2000 | venue = | studio = Seltzer Sound, New York City | genre = Jazz | length = 39:08 | label = Thirsty Ear | producer = Matthew Shipp | chronology = Matthew Shipp | prev_title = Expansion, Power, Release | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Songs | next_year = 2002 }}
'''''New Orbit''''' is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp recorded in 2000 and released on Thirsty Ear's Blue Series. Shipp leads a quartet with trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, bassist William Parker and drummer Gerald Cleaver.
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite book|last = Brackett|first = Nathan|author-link = Nathan Brackett|title = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|edition = 4th|series = The Rolling Stone Album Guide|year = 2004|publisher = Fireside|isbn = 0743201698|pages = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/732 732]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/732}}</ref> | rev2 = Allmusic | rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz | rev3Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin Guide"/> }} In his review for AllMusic, Paula Edelstein states "''New Orbit'' is an excellent delivery of avant-garde and free jazz that remains uncompromising, unrelenting, and totally individual."<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|last=Edelstein|first=Paula|class=album|id=mw0000624333|title=Matthew Shipp – ''New Orbit'': Review|accessdate=October 20, 2014}}</ref>
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' says that "The music is becoming more obviously accessible, yet more mysterious at the same time - a fascinating agenda."<ref name="Penguin Guide">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|edition = 6th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2002|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 0140515216|pages = 1338}}</ref>
The Pitchfork review by Matt LeMay states "With ''New Orbit'', Matthew Shipp has crafted an album that manages to merge the accessibility and raw appeal of ''Pastoral Composure'' with adventurous new textures that go beyond anything he has produced in the past."<ref name="Pitchfork">LeMay, Matt. [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7117-new-orbit/ ''New Orbit'' review] at Pitchfork</ref>
In his review for ''PopMatters'', Andrew Johnson notes "Clocking in at a little under forty minutes, one of the most attractive aspects of Matthew Shipp's ''New Orbit'' is its brevity and focus."<ref name="PopMatters">Johnson, Andrew. [http://www.popmatters.com/review/shippmatthew-new/ ''New Orbit'' review] at ''PopMatters''</ref>
==Track listing== :''All compositions by Matthew Shipp'' # "New Orbit" – 2:59 # "Paradox X" – 4:31 # "Orbit 2" – 3:39 # "Chi" – 7:50 # "Orbit 3" – 2:23 # "U Feature" – 3:56 # "Syntax" – 7:16 # "Maze Hint" – 1:09 # "Paradox Y" – 3:54 # "Orbit 4" – 1:31
==Personnel== *Matthew Shipp – piano *Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet *William Parker – bass *Gerald Cleaver – drums
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Category:2001 albums Category:Matthew Shipp albums Category:Thirsty Ear Recordings albums