Spirit Music
Live album by
Marilyn Crispell
Released1983
RecordedMay 15, 1981, and January 13, 1982
VenueNew York University and Soundscape, New York City
GenreFree Jazz
LabelCadence Jazz Records
CJR 1015
ProducerBob Rusch

Spirit Music is a live album by pianist Marilyn Crispell. It was recorded at New York University and Soundscape in New York City in May 1981 and January 1982, and was released in 1983 by Cadence Jazz Records. On the album, Crispell is joined by violinist Billy Bang, guitarist Wes Brown, and drummer John Betsch.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "Marilyn Crispell is one of the most significant piano voices of the avant-garde... This Cadence release... finds her leading her own trio... On one of the four lengthy improvisations heard on this set, guitarist Wes Brown makes the band a quartet. These stirring performances serve as a fine introduction to the passionate music of Marilyn Crispell."[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated: "'Spirit Music' is dedicated to Coltrane and represents some sort of coming-to-terms with her 'overwhelming' introduction to A Love Supreme. It is a powerful piece, well recorded... and dominates an album of long tracks. Wes Brown's guitar fits in surprisingly well, seldom clashing with Bang's furiously scrabbled violin."[3]

Tom Moon, in his book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, listed Spirit Music as a suggested follow-up to Cecil Taylor's Silent Tongues.[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell.

  1. "Rounds" – 9:00
  2. "For Atsuko" – 11:11
  3. "Stoic" – 12:55
  4. "Spirit Music" – 12:21
  • Tracks 1–3 recorded on January 13, 1982, at Soundscape in New York City. Track 4 recorded on May 15, 1981, at New York University in New York City.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Marilyn Crispell: Spirit Music". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott, eds. (1996). All Music Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.). Miller Freeman. p. 178-179.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 247.
  4. ↑ Moon, Tom (2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing. p. 765.
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