Guiding Spirit (Nat Birchall album)

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Guiding Spirit
Nat Birchall - Guiding Spirit.png
Studio album by
Released2010
Genre Jazz
Length47:47
Label Gondwana
Nat Birchall chronology
Akhenaten
(2009)
Guiding Spirit
(2010)
Sacred Dimension
(2011)

Guiding Spirit is an album by saxophonist Nat Birchall, released on Gondwana Records in 2010. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Track listing

Guiding Spirit track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Open Up the Gates"9:30
2."Keep the Light Shining"7:39
3."Higher Regions"7:44
4."Going to the Mountain"7:46
5."Becoming"8:27
6."Guiding Spirit"6:41
Total length:47:47

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References

  1. Fordham, John (20 May 2010). "Nat Birchall: Guiding Spirit". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. Johnson, Phil. "Album: Nat Birchall, Guiding Spirit (Gondwana)". The Independent. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. Gendre, Kevin Le. "BBC - Music - Review of Nat Birchall - Guiding Spirit". BBC. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  4. "Album Interview: Nat Birchall: Guiding Spirit". Jazzwise. Retrieved 2 November 2024.