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Kindred Spirits (Zoe Rahman album)

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Kindred Spirits
Studio album by
Released23 January 2012 (2012-01-23)
RecordedSpring 2011
GenreJazz
Length51:05
LabelManushi Records
ProducerZoe Rahman
Zoe Rahman chronology
Zoe Rahman Trio: Live
(2012)
Kindred Spirits
(2012)
Unison
(2013)

Kindred Spirits is the fifth studio album by English jazz composer Zoe Rahman, released on 23 January 2012 by Manushi Records.[1]

Background and composition

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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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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian
Jazz Journal

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

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No.TitleLength
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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Musicians

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result
2012 MOBO Awards Jazz category Won[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Kindred Spirits". Jazzcds. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b Fordham, John (9 February 2012). "Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b Longley, Martin (23 January 2012). "Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits – review". BBC Music. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b c May, Chris (26 January 2012). "Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits". All About Jazz. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Zoe Rahman - 'Kindred Spirits'". Australia: ABC Online. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. ^ Witherden, Barry (16 February 2012). "Rahman ranges east and west". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Zoe Rahman wins Jazz category at 2012 MOBO awards". The Jazz Mann. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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