Just listen to the sound samples... Need I say more? I enjoy Shipp's simplicity approach. Less is more. He's one of the few (relatively) new piano players that has a sound all there own. Thru the simple passages comes Shipp's signature sound. This is one of Shipp's better albums too. William Parker is always a pleasure and one hopes that Shipp starts playing more with Drummer Guillermo E. Brown again, as well. Brown's latest recording "Soul at the hands of the machine" is facinating, articulate, modern, unique and powerful. I'd recommend that CD to anyone who even remotely finds this album appealing.