Spellbound_(Ahmed_Abdul-Malik_album)

<i>Spellbound</i> (Ahmed Abdul-Malik album)

Spellbound (Ahmed Abdul-Malik album)

1964 studio album by Ahmed Abdul-Malik with Ray Nance and Seldon Powell

Spellbound is the sixth and final album by double bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik featuring performances recorded in 1964 and originally released on the Status label.[1]

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Thom Jurek of Allmusic says, "Spellbound isn't as groundbreaking as some of Abdul-Malik's earlier work, but it doesn't need to be: by this point, he had successfully melded jazz with Middle Eastern sounds into a seamless -- if somewhat exotically textural -- whole. The band fires on all cylinders under his inspired direction, making this a fitting sendoff to him as a bandleader. Musically, he saved one of his best for last.".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Spellbound" (Miklós Rózsa) – 4:57
  2. "Never On Sunday" (Manos Hatzidakis) – 5:13
  3. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 7:14
  4. "Song of Delilah" (Victor Young, Ray Evans) – 7:02
  5. "Cinema Blues" (Ahmed Abdul-Malik) – 8:15

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Prestige Records discography accessed August 21, 2018
  2. [2]
    Jurek, Thom. Ahmed Abdul-Malik: Spellbound – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
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