- jazz
- 107 min
- 10 tracks
- Verve
The Spirits of Our Ancestors is an album by pianist Randy Weston that was recorded in 1991 and issued on the Verve label. While all of the compositions were composed by Weston himself, the music on the album is more specifically a collaborative arranging effort between Weston and arranger Melba Liston. The music on Spirits is played by an all-star cast of musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Dewey Redman, Idris Muhammad, and Idrees Sulieman.
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Grave, character-led, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1African Village Bedford Stuyvesant 13:21
- 2The Healers10:48
- 3African Cookbook17:17
- 4La Elaha-Ella Allah/Morad Allah6:43
- 5The Call6:13
- 1African Village Bedford Stuyvesant 28:30
- 2The Seventh Queen16:28
- 3Blue Moses12:01
- 4African Sunrise19:54
- 5A Prayer for Us All5:16
10 tracks, 107 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Randy Weston
- Label
- Verve
- Released
- 1992
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FR
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