shipp blue series albums have varied widely: pastoral quiet acoustic quartets new orbit,isabel marant 2012, electro-acoustic hybrid programmer / engineer on nu bop flam, balance and harmony and abyss, piano solo on one and the new 4d. ? well,isabel marant boots, i see all the mergers?,isabel marant chaussures, says shipp. "i'm not trying to prove all the points. i simply do what must be done in time. in this spirit, you can integrate everything you've ever known. i can even do a solo album such as 4d and use things i learned to do things electronically. "examples? ? i could not say openly. it is something very subtle is going on in my own psyche. ideas about spacing, resonance. "