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]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

"Love and Ghosts" – 18:05
"Without a Name" – 6:50
"Aquilo" – 16:10
"Seven Years In" – 16:21
"Massalia" – 12:29

Disc Two

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

Personnel

References

^ Love and Ghosts at AUM Fidelity
^ ^a ^b Bambarger, Bradley. Love and Ghosts review. Down Beat November 14: page 54. Print.
^ Robson, Britt. Love and Ghosts review at JazzTimes
^ Layman, Will. Love and Ghosts review at PopMatters

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (1974-1979) Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy (1995) Painter's Spring (2000) O'Neal's Porch (2000) Piercing the Veil (with Hamid Drake, 2000) Raining on the Moon (2001) Bob's Pink Cadillac (2001) Scrapbook (2002) Luc's Lantern (2004) Summer Snow (with Hamid Drake, 2005) Alphaville Suite (2007) Corn Meal Dance (2007) Petit Oiseau (2007) Beyond Quantum (with Anthony Braxton and Milford Graves, 2008) Uncle Joe's Spirit House (2010) Out of This World's Distortions (with Gerald Cleaver and Craig Taborn, 2010) The Gowanus Session (with Thollem McDonas and Nels Cline, 2012) 2 Blues for Cecil (with Andrew Cyrille and Enrico Rava, 2021)
Live albums	Melodic Art–Tet (with Charles Brackeen, Ahmed Abdullah, and Roger Blank, 1974) In Order to Survive (1993) Harras (with Derek Bailey and John Zorn, 1993) Sunrise in the Tone World (1995) The Peach Orchard (1997 & 1998) Posium Pendasem (1998) Mass for the Healing of the World (1998) 2 Days in April (with Fred Anderson, 1999) Mayor of Punkville (1999) Fractured Dimensions (1999) Raincoat in the River (2001) Eloping with the Sun (with Joe Morris and Hamid Drake, 2001) I Plan to Stay a Believer (2001, 2002, 2007, & 2008) Spontaneous (2002) Historic Music Past Tense Future (with Peter Brötzmann and Milford Graves, 2002) Sound Unity (2004) Requiem (2004) For Percy Heath (2005) Wood Flute Songs (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, & 2012) Double Sunrise Over Neptune (2007) Farmers by Nature (with Gerald Cleaver and Craig Taborn, 2008) Tribute to Albert Ayler Live at the Dynamo (with Roy Campbell Jr., Joe McPhee, and Warren Smith, 2008) Winter Sun Crying (2009) Medicine Buddha (with Billy Bang, 2009) Love and Ghosts (with Gerald Cleaver and Craig Taborn, 2011) Essence of Ellington (2012)
Related articles	Other Dimensions in Music

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