Peace and Blessings

Peace and Blessings
Studio album by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
Released	1979
Recorded	June 18, 1979
Studio	Barigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:28
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giacomo Pellicciotti
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre chronology
Forces and Feelings (1970) Peace and Blessings (1979) Ram's Run (1981)

Peace and Blessings is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, recorded in 1979 for the Italian Black Saint label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow commented: "the emphasis is on intense solos and very free improvising. There is plenty of fire displayed on this spirited set". ^[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "The album as a whole has the looseness and immediacy of a live set, but is crisply recorded." ^[4]

Writing for Elsewhere, Graham Reid stated that the musicians "bridge that divide between the grit of innercity urban life and the Indo-influenced cosmic conscious beyond," and remarked: "On this album... the long past of black American jazz is right there as part of whatever moment the players are in, and whatever future might beckon." ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre except as indicated

1. "J & M" - 9:25
2. "African Procesion" - 1:10
3. "Any Way You Want It" (Longineu Parsons) - 9:34
4. "N 39" - 7:22
5. "Not This" - 5:38
6. "Hexagon" - 7:40

• Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on June 18, 1979

Personnel

• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, shenai, bells, tambourine, monkey-drum
• Longineu Parsons - trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, sopranino saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, recorder
• Leonard Jones - double bass
• King L. Mock - drums

References

1. Black Saint discography accessed July 5, 2011
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 5, 2011
3. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 649.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 973. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Reid, Graham (June 30, 2017). "10 Rare Free Jazz Albums I'm Proud to Own (2017): Abstract arts from the past". Elsewhere. Retrieved June 9, 2023.