Couple in Spirit

Couple in Spirit
Studio album by Keith Tippett and Julie Tippetts
Released	1987
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:08
Label	EG
Producer	Keith Tippett, Julie Tippetts
Keith Tippett chronology
Mujician III (August Air) (1987) Couple in Spirit (1987) The Journey (1990)

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Allmusic

Couple in Spirit is an album by English jazz pianist Keith Tippett and singer Julie Tippetts. It was released on the EG record label in 1987.

Reception

Allmusic awards the album with 4.5 stars and the review by Thom Jurek states: "The pairing of Keith and Julie Tippett on a recording always causes anticipation; the duo's potential for provocative surprise is seemingly endless. But even so, nothing could have prepared listeners for Couple in Spirit. Far from the hallmarks of jazz or the harsher extremes of free improvisation, CIS is in a sense an eight-part suite that begins with intention, moves through incantation and journey, and finally returns as transformation."

Track listing

Tracks 4 & 8 composed by Keith Tippett; all other tracks by Keith and Julie Tippett.

1. "Daybreak" – 3:13
2. "Morning Psalm" – 2:18
3. "Brimstone Spring Lullaby" – 3:47
4. "Evening Psalm" – 3:32
5. "Marching (We Shall Remember Them)" – 6:04
6. "The Choir and the Sunset Improvisers" – 7:24
7. "The Key at Dusk" – 6:25
8. "Grey Mist With Yellow Waterfall Entwines Evening Turquoise" – 4:25

Personnel

• Keith Tippett – piano, harmonium, harpsichord, voices, bells, bottle
• Julie Tippetts – voices, recorder, zither, bottle, shaker