Spirit Sensitive

Spirit Sensitive
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Studio album by Chico Freeman
Released	1979
Recorded	Oct 1978-Jan 1979
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:58
Label	India Navigation
Producer	India Navigation
Chico Freeman chronology
The Outside Within (1978)The Outside Within1978 Spirit Sensitive (1979) No Time Left (1979)No Time Left1979

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Spirit Sensitive is a hard-bop jazz album by Chico Freeman on India Navigation Records IN 1045.

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.

Criticism

Jazz critic Scott Yanow wrote: “…a change of pace for Freeman, for it features the usually adventurous tenor (who doubles on soprano) mostly playing warm versions of standards.” 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"

Track listing

1. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 11:28
2. "Peace" (Horace Silver)– 7:53
3. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) – 9:56
4. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rodgers and Hart) – 11:04
5. "Close to You Alone" – (Cecil McBee)
6. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore " – (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)

Reissues

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 – but has since been discontinued. In 1994, there was also a U.S. limited edition audiophile 6-track LP pressed on HQ-180 180gm Super Vinyl.

Personnel

• Chico Freeman - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Cecil McBee – bass
• John Hicks – piano
• Billy Hart - drums
• Famoudou Don Moye - drums

Production

• India Navigation
• Cover and liner photos: Beth Cummins