Peace and Blessings

Peace and Blessings is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, recorded in 1979 for the Italian Black Saint label.^[1]

Peace and Blessings
Studio album by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
Released	1979
Recorded	June 18, 1979
Studio	Barigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:28
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giacomo Pellicciotti
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre chronology
Forces and Feelings (1970) Peace and Blessings (1979) Ram's Run (1981)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow commented: "the emphasis is on intense solos and very free improvising. There is plenty of fire displayed on this spirited set".^[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "The album as a whole has the looseness and immediacy of a live set, but is crisply recorded."^[4]

Writing for Elsewhere, Graham Reid stated that the musicians "bridge that divide between the grit of innercity urban life and the Indo-influenced cosmic conscious beyond," and remarked: "On this album... the long past of black American jazz is right there as part of whatever moment the players are in, and whatever future might beckon."^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre except as indicated

1. "J & M" - 9:25
2. "African Procesion" - 1:10
3. "Any Way You Want It" (Longineu Parsons) - 9:34
4. "N 39" - 7:22
5. "Not This" - 5:38
6. "Hexagon" - 7:40

• Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on June 18, 1979

Personnel

• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, shenai, bells, tambourine, monkey-drum
• Longineu Parsons - trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, sopranino saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, recorder
• Leonard Jones - double bass
• King L. Mock - drums