| Spirit Sensitive | ||||
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | Oct 1978-Jan 1979 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:58 | |||
| Label | India Navigation | |||
| Producer | India Navigation | |||
| Chico Freeman chronology | ||||
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Spirit Sensitive is a jazz album by Chico Freeman, released in 1979 on India Navigation. [1]
The LP, in contrast to many of his more avant-garde recordings of the same time frame, is a set that consists of jazz standards.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The New York Times called Spirit Sensitive "a lyrical, utterly traditional album of ballads and jazz standards." [4]
Jazz critic Scott Yanow called the album "a change of pace for Freeman, for it features the usually adventurous tenor (who doubles on soprano) mostly playing warm versions of standards.” [2] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide called it an "exquisite ballad album ... where Freeman blows standards with more invention and conviction than most old-timers." [3]
An audio CD of the album was released on September 5, 1994, by Analogue Productions, with four bonus tracks, two of them written by John Coltrane (“Lonnie’s Lament” and “Wise One”) and a running time of 63:18. In 1994, there was also a U.S. limited edition audiophile 6-track LP pressed on HQ-180 super vinyl.
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The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969, and released on the Prestige label in 1977 as a 3-LP set. The album was originally released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght on the French Shandar label as a box set, consisting of three separate LPs in 1971. It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers and Andrew Cyrille.
Mudfoot is the debut album by the all-star jazz group The Leaders released on the Black Hawk label in 1986. The album features performances by Lester Bowie, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Cecil McBee, Kirk Lightsey and Don Moye.
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Spirits Alike is an album by the all-star jazz group The Leaders. It was recorded in August 2006 in New Jersey, and was released later that year by Double Moon Records. The album features performances by a reconstituted version of the band: original members Chico Freeman and Cecil McBee (bass) are joined by alto saxophonist Bobby Watson, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, pianist Fred Harris, and drummer Billy Hart.
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