{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Pastoral Composure | type = studio | artist = Matthew Shipp | cover = Pastoral_composure_cover.jpeg | alt = | released = 2000 | recorded = January 6, 2000 | venue = | studio = Seltzer Sound, New York City | genre = Jazz | length = 48:15 | label = Thirsty Ear | producer = Matthew Shipp | chronology = Matthew Shipp | prev_title = Gravitational Systems | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Expansion, Power, Release | next_year = 2001 }}
'''''Pastoral Composure''''' is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, recorded in 2000 and released on Thirsty Ear. It was the first installment of the Blue Series, a collection of releases curated by Shipp. He leads a quartet with trumpeter Roy Campbell, bassist William Parker and drummer Gerald Cleaver. The album includes a version of Duke Ellington composition "Prelude to a Kiss" and a rendition of the French traditional song "Frère Jacques".
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev2 = ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev2Score = {{rating|4|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> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev3 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1294}}</ref> }} In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states: "one of Shipp's more accessible albums, making it great place to start for those interested in checking out this important modern jazz pianist."<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|last=Layne|first=Joslyn|class=album|id=mw0000606455|title=Matthew Shipp – ''Pastoral Composure'': Review|accessdate=October 20, 2014}}</ref> The ''Pitchfork'' review by Matt LeMay claims: "It's remarkably complex and musically proficient, yet instantly accessible, and a keeper in every respect."<ref name="Pitchfork">LeMay, Matt. [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7115-pastoral-composure/ ''Pastoral Composure'' review] at ''Pitchfork''</ref>
==Track listing== :''All compositions by Matthew Shipp except as indicated'' # "Gesture" – 6:49 # "Visions" – 7:56 # "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington) – 4:38 # "Pastoral Composure" – 4:39 # "Progression" – 5:33 # "Frère Jacques" (Traditional) – 5:36 # "Merge" – 5:46 # "Inner Order" – 3:44 # "XTU" – 3:34
==Personnel== *Matthew Shipp – piano *Roy Campbell – trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn *William Parker – bass *Gerald Cleaver – drums
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Category:2000 albums Category:Matthew Shipp albums Category:Thirsty Ear Recordings albums