Root of Things

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Root of Things | type = studio | artist = Matthew Shipp | cover = Root_of_things_cover.jpeg | alt = | released = 2014 | recorded = September 7, 2013 | venue = | studio = Parkwest Studios, New York City | genre = Jazz | length = 43:45 | label = Relative Pitch | producer = Mike Panico | chronology = Matthew Shipp | prev_title = Piano Sutras | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = The Darkseid Recital | next_year = 2014 }}

'''''Root of Things''''' is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, which was recorded in 2013 and released on Relative Pitch. It was the second studio recording by his trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Whit Dickey on drums.

==Reception== In a review for ''JazzTimes'' Mike Shanley states "If anyone is still convinced that Shipp doesn’t know how to swing, the walking bass and syncopated chords of 'Jazz It' should prove otherwise."<ref name="JazzTimes">Shanley, Mike. [http://jazztimes.com/articles/129507-root-of-things-matthew-shipp-trio ''Root of Things'' review] at ''JazzTimes''</ref>

==Track listing== :''All compositions by Matthew Shipp'' # "Root of Things" – 6:33 # "Jazz It" – 9:39 # "Code J" – 4:04 # "Path" – 9:46 # "Pulse Code" – 4:11 # "Solid Circuit" – 9:32

==Personnel== *Matthew Shipp – piano *Michael Bisio – bass *Whit Dickey – drums

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Category:2014 albums Category:Matthew Shipp albums Category:Relative Pitch Records albums