Spihumonesty is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams, released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1979. It features performances by Abrams, George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell, Amina Claudine Myers, Youseff Yancy, Leonard Jones, and Jay Clayton.Black Saint Catelogue accessed April 1, 2009
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "This drummerless band moves through the charts like information through a printed circuit, and there is an impressive simultaneity to some of the cues which suggests that at least that some of this music was predetermined and meticulously rehearsed". The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide said that "what should be a good band doesn't come up with much".
Track listing All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams "Triverse" - 6:01 "Inneroutersight" - 4:51 "Unichange" - 8:44 "Spihumonesty" - 6:23
Personnel Muhal Richard Abrams: piano, synthesizer Roscoe Mitchell: alto saxophone, flute George Lewis: trombone, synthesizer, sousaphone Leonard Jones: bass Amina Claudine Myers: piano, organ, electric piano Youseff Yancy: theremin Jay Clayton: vocals
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