The Gospel According to Matthew &amp; MichaelThe Gospel According to Matthew &amp; Michael The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, which was recorded in 2014 and released on Relative Pitch. It was the first recording featuring his Chamber Ensemble, a trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Mat Maneri on viola. Shipp led in the late 1990s and early 2000s a similar group with Maneri and bassist William Parker: the String Trio, who recorded the albums "By the Law of Music" and "Expansion, Power, Release". Reception. The "Down Beat" review by Bradley Bambarger states "The 15 'chapters' of Shipp ’s archly titled yet intense, interior suite don’t offer much of a journey in terms of color—this hour of music ranges from austerely ruminative to evocative of angst in the manner of postwar high modernism." In a review for Tiny Mix Tapes, Clifford Allen says ""The Gospel According to Matthew and Michael" is of a piece with much of Shipp’s work, as it focuses on multivalent communication between individuals to create a group language that is both singular and partial." The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael is an album by American