Pastoral Composure

Pastoral Composure
Studio album by
Released2000
RecordedJanuary 6, 2000
StudioSeltzer Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length48:15
LabelThirsty Ear
ProducerMatthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp chronology
Gravitational Systems
(2000)
Pastoral Composure
(2000)
Expansion, Power, Release
(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".