Kindred Spirits (Zoe Rahman album)
Kindred Spirits is the fifth studio album by English jazz composer Zoe Rahman, released on 23 January 2012 by Manushi Records.[1]
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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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Background an composition
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
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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
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2012 | MOBO Awards | Jazz category | Won[8] |
References
- "Kindred Spirits". Jazzcds. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- Fordham, John (9 February 2012). "Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- Longley, Martin (23 January 2012). "Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits – review". BBC Music. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- 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. 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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