''Spirit Fiction'' is a sixth solo album by

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Ravi Coltrane Ravi Coltrane (born August 6, 1965) is an American jazz saxophonist. Co-owner of the record label RKM Music, he has produced pianist Luis Perdomo, guitarist David Gilmore, and trumpeter Ralph Alessi. Biography Ravi Coltrane is the son of sa ...

, released on July 19, 2012. His solo on the track "Cross Roads" was nominated for the

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for the 2013 ceremony.

Track listing

All compositions by

, except where noted #"Roads Cross" (Ravi Coltrane,

Drew Gress Drew Gress (born November 20, 1959) is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in the Philadelphia area. Biography Gress studied at Towson State University and Manhattan School of Music. In the late 1 ...

, Luis Perdomo, and E. J. Strickland) – 5:04 #"Klepto" (

Ralph Alessi Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nashee ...

) – 7:30 #"Spirit Fiction" (Coltrane, Gress, Perdomo, and Strickland) – 2:28 #"The Change, My Girl" – 6:46 #"Who Wants Ice Cream" (Alessi) – 6:32 #"Spring & Hudson" – 2:21 #"Cross Roads" (Coltrane, Gress, Perdomo, and Strickland) – 4:03 #"Yellow Cat" (Alessi) – 6:50 #"Check Out Time" (

Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Colle ...

) – 7:26 #"Fantasm" (

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. He first came to prominence in the l ...

) – 4:11 #"Marilyn & Tammy" – 5:42

Personnel

Musicians *Ravi Coltrane – mixing,

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and

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– trumpet (tracks 2, 5, 8, 9) *

Geri Allen Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. In addition to her career as a performer and bandleader, Allen was also an associate professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh ...

– piano (tracks 2, 5, 8-10) *

James Genus James Genus (January 20, 1966) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, havin ...

–

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(tracks 2, 5, 8, 9) *

- double bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 11) * Eric Harland - drums (tracks 2, 5, 8, 9) *

Joe Lovano Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 1952)"Joe Lovano." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 13. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 1994. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, May 5, 2017. is an American jazz saxophonist, alto clarin ...

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, mixing, production, tenor saxophone (tracks 9-10) * Luis Perdomo - piano (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 11) *E. J. Strickland – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11) Additional personnel *Chris Allen –

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, mixing *Darlene DeVita – photography *Steve Genewick – mixing *Dave Kowalski – engineering *Bruce Lundvall – executive production *Joe Marciano – engineering *Hayden Miller –

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, design *Allan Tucker – mastering

References

{{Authority control 2012 albums Albums produced by Joe Lovano Blue Note Records albums Instrumental albums Ravi Coltrane albums Avant-garde jazz albums