Peace and Blessings is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, recorded in 1979 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]
| Peace and Blessings | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | June 18, 1979 | |||
| Studio | Barigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:28 | |||
| Label | Black Saint | |||
| Producer | Giacomo Pellicciotti | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
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."[3]
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 edit
- All compositions by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre except as indicated
- "J & M" - 9:25
- "African Procesion" - 1:10
- "Any Way You Want It" (Longineu Parsons) - 9:34
- "N 39" - 7:22
- "Not This" - 5:38
- "Hexagon" - 7:40
- Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on June 18, 1979
Personnel edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Black Saint discography accessed July 5, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 5, 2011
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 973. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 649.
- ^ 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.