Spellbound is the sixth and final album by double bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik featuring performances recorded in 1964 and originally released on the Status label.Prestige Records discography accessed August 21, 2018
Reception
Thom Jurek of Allmusic says, "Spellbound isn't as groundbreaking as some of Abdul-Malik's earlier work, but it doesn't need to be: by this point, he had successfully melded jazz with Middle Eastern sounds into a seamless – if somewhat exotically textural – whole. The band fires on all cylinders under his inspired direction, making this a fitting sendoff to him as a bandleader. Musically, he saved one of his best for last.".
Track listing "Spellbound" (Miklós Rózsa) – 4:57 "Never On Sunday" (Manos Hatzidakis) – 5:13 "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 7:14 "Song of Delilah" (Victor Young, Ray Evans) – 7:02 "Cinema Blues" (Ahmed Abdul-Malik) – 8:15
Personnel Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass Ray Nance – cornet, violin Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone, flute Paul Neves – piano Hamza Aldeen – oud Walter Perkins – drums
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