Earl 'Chico' Freeman was one of the '70s leading modern tenor saxophone players steeped in the traditions of jazz, recording for independent labels like India Navigation, at his most productive between 1976 and 1981, and still active today. Spirit Sensitive (1979) represented a change in direction for usually free and avant-leaning Chico, a selection of standards, almost all ballads.

• 180g Vinyl Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Cut 100% All-Analog from the Original Master Tape
• Mastered with Tube Electronics by Gavin Lurssen & Ron Lewter
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab
• Stoughton Printing Tip-On Gatefold Cover

180-gram vinyl Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Pressed from metal parts mastered with tube electronics by Gavin Lurssen and Ron Lewter at The Mastering Lab

Housed in Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket

Earl "Chico" Freeman was one of the '70s leading modern tenor saxophone players steeped in the traditions of jazz, recording for independent labels like India Navigation, at his most productive between 1976 and 1981, and still active today.

Spirit Sensitive (1979) represented a change in direction for usually free and avant-leaning Chico, a selection of standards, almost all ballads. As the album title suggests, Freeman brings sensitive reading to familiar compositions, with a clear and full-bodied tone, paired with Cecil McBee's powerful bass thrust into the front line. Percussion is spare, adding texture, with John Hicks piano coloring and completing the music space. Rounding out the players on the album are Billy Hart and Famoudou Don Moye on drums.

Pressed from metal parts mastered with tube electronics by Gavin Lurssen and Ron Lewter at The Mastering Lab. Housed in a Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket.

Musicians:

Chico Freeman - tenor saxophone
John Hicks - piano
Cecil McBee - bass
Billy Hart - drums
Famoudou Don Moye - drums

Track Listing:

01. Autumn in New York
02. Peace
03. A Child Is Born
04. It Never Entered My Mind
05. Close to You Alone
06. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

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