In the Spirit (Joe McPhee album)

In the Spirit
Studio album by Joe McPhee Bluette
Released 1999
Recorded March 17 & 18, 1999 at The Spirit Room in Rossie, New York.
Genre Jazz
Length 63:31
Label CIMP CIMP 199
Producer Robert D. Rusch
Joe McPhee chronology
The Dream Book
(1998)		 In the Spirit
(1999)		 No Greater Love
(1999)

In the Spirit is an album of spirituals performed by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee's Bluette recorded in 1999 and first released on the CIMP label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic reviewer Steve Loewy states "An important contribution to the discography of the spiritual, McPhee gives it a new perspective, but one that is entirely respectful of the tradition. Performed gracefully and tastefully, the group tastes free form without losing sight of the melodies".[2] On All About Jazz, Derek Taylor wrote "In a career stamped by a continuous string of transcendent recordings this is one of McPhee’s best to date, a vital testament that lovingly embraces the indelible tradition of spirituals and expertly applies them to the setting of creative improvisation".[3] In JazzTimes, Harvey Pekar suggested "Maybe one more extroverted track would have helped the CD, which sometimes gets too subdued, but it's a fine effort nevertheless". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Deep River" (Traditional) - 9:32
  2. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) - 12:01
  3. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 11:44
  4. "Birmingham Sunday/Come Sunday" (Joe McPhee/Duke Ellington) - 14:19
  5. "Astral Spirits" (Joe McPhee) - 8:32
  6. "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" (Traditional) - 7:23

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 22, 2015
  2. 1 2 Loewy, Steve. In the Spirit – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Taylor, D., All About Jazz Review, April 1, 2000
  4. ↑ Pekar, H., JazzTimes Review, July/August 2000
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