Love and Ghosts

Love and Ghosts is the third album by Farmers by Nature, a collective trio consisting of Gerald Cleaver on drums, William Parker on bass and Craig Taborn on piano. The double disc set documents two complete, all improvised concerts recorded in France during their 2011 tour. It was released on the AUM Fidelity label.[1]

Love and Ghosts
Live album by
Farmers by Nature
Released2014
RecordedDisc One
June 27, 2011
Disc Two
June 28, 2011
VenueDisc One
Studio des Resistants Cité de la Musique, Marseille
Disc Two
Petit Kursaal, Besançon
GenreJazz
Length139:53
LabelAUM Fidelity
ProducerGerald Cleaver, Steven Joerg
Gerald Cleaver chronology
Life in the Sugar Candle Mines
(2013)		 Love and Ghosts
(2014)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]

The Down Beat review by Bradley Bambarger says that "Something like Love And Ghosts can only be made through relationships of extraordinary empathy. There’s a lot of music going on here, more rewarding with every listen.""[2]

In his review for JazzTimes Britt Robson notes that "The abundance of talent, trust, self-confidence, patience and intuition required to collectively improvise at such a high level for more than an hour at a time is possessed by the three members of Farmers by Nature and precious few others."[3]

The PopMatters review by Will Layman states "It’s terrific to hear this kind of music, with its not-obvious but still emotional beauty, coming out of a culture that seems so constrained and plastic at times."[4]

Track listing
All compositions by Cleaver/Parker/Taborn

Disc One

  1. "Love and Ghosts" – 18:05
  2. "Without a Name" – 6:50
  3. "Aquilo" – 16:10
  4. "Seven Years In" – 16:21
  5. "Massalia" – 12:29

Disc Two

  1. "The Green City" – 9:16
  2. "Bisanz" – 21:09
  3. "Comté" – 17:58
  4. "Castle #2" – 16:45
  5. "Les Flâneurs" – 4:50

Personnel

References
  1. Love and Ghosts at AUM Fidelity
  2. Bambarger, Bradley. Love and Ghosts review. Down Beat November 14: page 54. Print.
  3. Robson, Britt. Love and Ghosts review at JazzTimes
  4. Layman, Will. Love and Ghosts review at PopMatters
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