Spirit (Malachi Thompson album)

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Spirit
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Studio album by
Malachi Thompson
Released1983
Recorded1983
StudioGlasswing Studios
Genre Jazz
Length46:38
Label Delmark
DS-442
Producer Robert G. Koester
Malachi Thompson chronology
The Seventh Son
(1980)		Spirit
(1983)		 The Jaz Life
(1992)

Spirit is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson recorded and released by the Delmark label in 1983. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

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AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "This is a varied advanced jazz set by trumpeter Malachi Thompson ... the strong band plays five originals that cover a lot of different moods ... Worth exploring". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Malachi Thompson, except where indicated.

  1. "Spirit of Man" – 6:49
  2. "Back to the One" – 7:07
  3. "A Rising Daystar" – 7:07
  4. "Dhyia Malika" – 8:27
  5. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 7:53
  6. "Dearly Beloved" (John Coltrane) – 4:45 Additional track on CD reissue
  7. "No More Hard Times" – 4:30

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series accessed October 14, 2019
  2. ↑ Delmark Records: album details accessed October 14, 2019
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: Carter Jefferson discography accessed October 14, 2019
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Malachi Thompson: Spirit – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1400. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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