Kindred Spirits (Zoe Rahman album)
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| Released | 23 January 2012 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 2011 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 51:05 | |||
| Label | Manushi Records | |||
| Producer | Zoe Rahman | |||
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Kindred Spirits is the fifth studio album by English jazz composer Zoe Rahman, released on 23 January 2012 by Manushi Records.[1]
Background an composition[edit]
Kindred Spirits is inspired by Zoe Rahman's discovery of the connections between Irish and Scottish folk music and the work of Bengali poet, composer and artist Rabindranath Tagore.[2] The album includes three tracks written by Rabindranath Tagore and Stevie Wonder's "Contusion".[3] Rahman wrote over half of the tracks [4]
The album was recorded in spring 2011.[4]
Critical response[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
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John Fordham of The Guardian rated Kindred Spirits 4/5 and called the album "..a varied and widely appealing set..."[2] Martin Longley of BBC Music called the album "A set melding its varied constituents into a deeply personal final form."[3] ABC Online said of the album, it [sic] "stretches from ballads to McCoy Tyner-like muscularity and even a version of Contusion."[5]
Chris May of All About Jazz said of the album, "It all adds up to another bliss infusion."[4] Barry Witherden of Jazz Journal rated the album 4/5 and described it as a "McCoy Tyner style modalism, subcontinental raga and touches of Irish folk inspired by her [Rahman's] mother's Hibernian origins.[6] Chris Parker of The Jazz Mann called the album "A rich confection..."[7]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Down to Earth" | 6:24 |
| 2. | "Conversation with Nellie" | 5:31 |
| 3. | "Maya" | 6:24 |
| 4. | "Forbiddance / My Heart Dances, Like a Peacock, It Dances" (Hridoy Amar Nache Re / Mana Na Manili) | 8:24 |
| 5. | "Butlers of Glen Avenue" | 2:25 |
| 6. | "Outside In" | 5:02 |
| 7. | "Imagination" (Hridoy Amar Prokash Holo) | 3:06 |
| 8. | "Rise Above" | 4:33 |
| 9. | "Fly in the Ointment" | 5:26 |
| 10. | "Contusion" | 3:50 |
| Total length: | 51:05 | |
Personnel[edit]
- Musicians
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Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2012 | MOBO Awards | Jazz category | Won[8] |
References[edit]
- ^ "Kindred Spirits". Jazzcds. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ a b Fordham, John (9 February 2012). "Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ a b Longley, Martin (23 January 2012). "Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits – review". BBC Music. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ a b c May, Chris (26 January 2012). "Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits". All About Jazz. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Zoe Rahman - 'Kindred Spirits'". Australia: ABC Online. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Witherden, Barry (16 February 2012). "Rahman ranges east and west". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Parker, Chris (22 January 2012). "CD Review: Zoe Rahman - Kindred Spirits". The Jazz Mann. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Zoe Rahman wins Jazz category at 2012 MOBO awards". The Jazz Mann. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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