Spirit Man

by Weldon Irvine

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:45
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Keyboardist and composer Weldon Irvine delivers a deeply soulful, groove-laden masterclass with 'Spirit Man'. Re-interpreting the classic 'We Gettin' Down', the album merges incredibly fluid electric piano improvisations with tight, heavily syncopated funk rhythms.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic, instrumental, funky, fusion, groove-laden, piano

Tracklist

  1. We Gettin' Down (5:49)
  2. Softly (Pt. 1) (0:41)
  3. Pogo Stick (6:47)
  4. Blast Off (4:19)
  5. Jungle Juice (8:12)
  6. Yasmin (4:42)
  7. The Power and the Glory (5:46)
  8. Softly (Pt. 2) (1:25)

Credits

  • Sonny Fortune - alto saxophone
  • Bud Johnson, Jr. - congas, bongos
  • Wesley 'Gator' Watson - drums
  • Cleveland Freeman - electric bass
  • Henry Grate, Jr. - guitar
  • Napoleon Revels - percussion
  • Charles Sullivan - trumpet
  • Everett 'Blood' Hollins - trumpet

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