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Spirits Awake
Label: Freedom Art
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. In the Thick of It
2. Kimbunga
3. Monking Around
4. Sweet Tooth
5. Love of Illusion
6. Spirits of New York
7. Time Share
All compositions by Lloyd Haber
Freedom Art Quintet: Spirits Awake
by Matt Merewitz
A relative newcomer to the New York avant scene, the Freedom Art Quintet seems to fit in historically somewhere in between the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the funky Cannonball Adderley Quintet. The opener, “In the Thick of It,” suggests the avant-garde while keeping things in time and relatively harmonically tame. The writing is ...
Freedom Art Quartet: Spirits Awake
by Jeff Stockton
On Spirits Awake, the Freedom Art Quartet immediately announces its overall dedication to groove and funky second-line beats with "In the Thick of It," as Jaribu Shahid’s ripely swinging bass gives way to Abraham Burton’s lush, confident tenor and Omar Kabir’s incisive and radiant trumpet. On "Kimbunga," Kabir switches to flugelhorn and makes it growl like ...