{"product_id":"chico-freeman-spirit-sensitive-audiophile-45-rpm-180-gram-2xlp","title":"Chico Freeman - Spirit Sensitive (Audiophile 45 RPM 180-gram 2xLP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-pane fade active in\" id=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAudiophile 45 RPM 180-gram double LP reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original analog master tapes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes four bonus tracks not available on the 33 1\/3 RPM release!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressed at Quality Record Pressings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoused in Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark ballad album from 1979, originally on India Navigation! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA defining voice of 1970s jazz, Earl \"Chico\" Freeman was one of the leading modern tenor saxophone players, forging a sound both fiercely modern and deeply rooted in jazz traditions. Nowhere was this clearer than during his incandescent 1976-1981 run for avant-garde indie India Navigation — a golden era of creative firepower that still echoes in his playing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpirit Sensitive\u003c\/em\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this 45 2LP edition, Analogue Productions has expanded the program across four sides of vinyl by including four additional performances from the same 1978-1979 studio dates: \"You Don't Have to Say You're Sorry,\" \"Lonnie's Lament,\" \"Wise One,\" and \"Carnival.\" While \u003cem\u003eSpirit Sensitive\u003c\/em\u003e was conceived as an unhurried, intimate turn toward ballads and standards, these four restored session pieces significantly broaden the emotional and structural scope of the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lonnie's Lament\" \u0026amp; \"Wise One\" (John Coltrane)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFreeman's lineage carries deep Coltrane roots, and these two cuts showcase his mastery of meditative, modal depth. On \"Lonnie's Lament,\" Freeman balances melancholy and reverence, driven by Cecil McBee's resonant, woody basslines and John Hicks' rich, harmonic cushioning. \"Wise One\" offers a spiritual, simmering counterweight to the traditional American songbook ballads — slowly building tension with soaring soprano\/tenor phrasing without ever shattering the session's delicate hush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"You Don't Have to Say You're Sorry\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tender, contemplative ballad that feels right at home alongside \"A Child Is Born.\" Freeman exercises immense dynamic restraint here; every vibrato bloom and breath through the horn is captured with startling presence, leaning into the Gene Ammons ethos that on a ballad, every single note must carry intention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Carnival\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProviding a joyous, rhythmic change of pace, \"Carnival\" lets the ensemble stretch out into buoyant, polyrhythmic interplay. With Billy Hart and Famoudou Don Moye providing layered, textural percussion, the piece injects energy into the final side without disrupting the warmth and acoustic realism that define the entire session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpreading these 10 performances over two 45 RPM discs cut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab allows Freeman's husky, breathy low register, McBee's low-frequency decay, and Hicks' piano sustain to breathe with vastly improved dynamic headroom and clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpirit Sensitive\u003c\/em\u003e stands as one of the most quietly revelatory albums in Chico Freeman's discography. The entire program is played with warmth, economy, and uncommon tenderness. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-pane fade active in\" id=\"tracks\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"200\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP 1 Side A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e1. Autumn In New York\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e2. Peace\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e3. You Don't Have To Say You're Sorry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLP 1 Side B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e1. 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