Chico Freeman – Spirit Sensitive
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Saxophone Tenor – Chico Freeman
Piano – John Hicks [click here to see more products featuring John Hicks]
Bass – Cecil Mcbee [click here to see more products featuring Cecil McBee]
Drums – Billy Hart, Famoudou Don Moye (B3)
Written by Vernon Duke (A1), Horace Silver (A2), Thad Jones (A3), Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers (B1), Chico Freeman (B2), Duke Ellington, Bob Russell (B3)
1LP, Gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing
Original analog Master tape : YES
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : India Navigation
Recorded in October 1978 & January 1979 at India Navigation Studio, New York City
Engineered by Bob Cummins
Original session produced by Bob Cummins
Reissue produced by Chad Kassem
Mastered at The Mastering Lab by Gavin Lurssen and Ron Lewte
Liner Notes by Bob Cummins
Photography by Beth Cummins
Originally released in September 1979
Reissued in August 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Autumn in New York
2. Peace
3. Child Is Born
Side B:
1. It Never Entered My Mind
2. Close to You Alone
3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Reviews :
“This set was a change-of-pace for Chico Freeman for it features the usually adventurous tenor (who doubles on soprano) mostly playing warm versions of standards. The CD reissue adds four previously unissued selections (including a pair of Coltrane tunes, "Lonnie's Lament" and "Wise One") to the original program. With pianist John Hicks, bassist Cecil McBee and either Billy Hart or Don Moye on drums offering fine support (vibraphonist Jay Hoggard sits in on "Carnival"), Freeman pushes at but does not break the boundaries of hard bop. Highlights include "Autumn in New York" (a duet with McBee), Horace Silver's "Peace," "It Never Entered My Mind" and the bassist's "Close to You Alone."” Allmusic Review by Scott Yanow.
Earl "Chico" Freeman was one of the '70s leading modern tenor saxophone players steeped in the traditions of jazz, recording for independent labels like India Navigation, at his most productive between 1976 and 1981, and still active today.
Spirit Sensitive (1979) represented a change in direction for usually free and avant-leaning Chico, a selection of standards, almost all ballads. As the album title suggests, Freeman brings sensitive reading to familiar compositions, with a clear and full-bodied tone, paired with Cecil McBee's powerful bass thrust into the front line. Percussion is spare, adding texture, with John Hicks piano coloring and completing the music space. Rounding out the players on the album are Billy Hart and Famoudou Don Moye on drums.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.65 / 5 ; The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide : 5 / 5