''Couple in Spirit'' is an album by English jazz pianist Keith Tippett and singer

Julie Tippetts Julie Driscoll Tippetts (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress. Career Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's " Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and ...

. It was released on the EG record label in 1987.

Reception

AllMusic awards the album with 4.5 stars and the review by Thom Jurek states: "The pairing of Keith and Julie Tippett on a recording always causes anticipation; the duo's potential for provocative surprise is seemingly endless. But even so, nothing could have prepared listeners for Couple in Spirit. Far from the hallmarks of jazz or the harsher extremes of free improvisation, CIS is in a sense an eight-part suite that begins with intention, moves through incantation and journey, and finally returns as transformation." AllMusic: ''Couple in Spirit''accessed 7 June 2010

Track listing

Tracks 4 & 8 composed by Keith Tippett; all other tracks by Keith and Julie Tippett. # "Daybreak" – 3:13 # "Morning Psalm" – 2:18 # "Brimstone Spring Lullaby" – 3:47 # "Evening Psalm" – 3:32 # "Marching (We Shall Remember Them)" – 6:04 # "The Choir and the Sunset Improvisers" – 7:24 # "The Key at Dusk" – 6:25 # "Grey Mist With Yellow Waterfall Entwines Evening Turquoise" – 4:25

Personnel

* Keith Tippett – piano, harmonium, harpsichord, voices, bells, bottle *

– voices, recorder, zither, bottle, shaker

References

{{Authority control 1987 albums Keith Tippett albums Julie Driscoll albums E.G. Records albums