Black Jazz Signature

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Black Jazz Signature
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2013 (2013-09-03)
Genre Jazz
Length77:08
Label Snow Dog
Theo Parrish chronology
Sound Signature Sounds Vol. 2
(2012)
Black Jazz Signature
(2013)
American Intelligence
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 9/10 [3]
Fact 4.5/5 [4]
Resident Advisor 4.0/5 [5]
XLR8R 8/10 [6]

Black Jazz Signature is a compilation album by American artist Theo Parrish. It was released through Snow Dog Records in 2013. The album features tracks from the 1970s record label Black Jazz Records. [7] [8]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84% based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1]

Steve Shaw of Fact gave the album a 4.5 out of 5, saying, "Black Jazz Signature captures a sheer flood of music, parts crashing and reforming around each other as they break away, jut out, drop back, or lace themselves around others." [4] Michael Harkin of XLR8R gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "the mix has the feeling of a continuous, subtly shifting jam that continually stirs and stimulates, much like Parrish's sets behind the decks." [6]

Resident Advisor placed it at number 5 on their list of the top 10 official mixes of 2013. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Trance Dance" Doug Carn 8:32
2."My Favorite Things" Gene Russell 4:40
3."March On"The Awakening5:29
4."Convulsions"The Awakening5:27
5."Jupiter"The Awakening6:21
6."Criss Cross"Rudolph Johnson5:46
7."The Highest Pleasure"Rudolph Johnson7:37
8."Those Who Chant" Walter Bishop Jr. 7:35
9."Mirage"The Awakening7:58
10."B.E." Calvin Keys 7:22
11."Time and Space"Rudolph Johnson7:25
12."Blue Bossa"Walter Bishop Jr.2:56

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