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
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedJune 18, 1979
StudioBarigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy
GenreJazz
Length40:28
LabelBlack Saint
ProducerGiacomo Pellicciotti
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre chronology
Forces and Feelings
(1970)
Peace and Blessings
(1979)
Ram's Run
(1981)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

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All compositions by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre except as indicated
  1. "J & M" - 9:25
  2. "African Procesion" - 1:10
  3. "Any Way You Want It" (Longineu Parsons) - 9:34
  4. "N 39" - 7:22
  5. "Not This" - 5:38
  6. "Hexagon" - 7:40
  • Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on June 18, 1979

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Black Saint discography accessed July 5, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 5, 2011
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 973. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 649.
  5. ^ 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.