''Conversations with the Unseen'' is a 2003 album by British saxophonist

Soweto Kinch Soweto Kinch (born 10 January 1978) is a British jazz alto saxophonist and rapper. Biography Born in 1978 in London, England, to a Barbadian father, playwright Don Kinch, and British-Jamaican actress Yvette Harris, Soweto Kinch began playin ...

. The album was nominated for the 2003

Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ...

."Mercury music prize shortlist 2003"
''The Guardian''.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Soweto Kinch. # "Intro" (2:10) # "Doxology" (9:14) # "Conversations with the Unseen" (7:34) # "Elision" (5:56) # "Spokes and Pedals" (6:29) # "Intermission - Split Decision" (8:19) # "Snakehips" (7:39) # "Mungo's Adventure" (7:06) # "The Flame-Thrower" (2:59) # "Equiano's Tears" (10:01) # "Good Nyooz" (3:21) # "Outro" (3:23)

Personnel

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alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

rap vocals Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

* Femi Temowo –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Michael Olatuja –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

* Troy Miller –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Eska Mtungwazi – vocals (tracks 1, 11, 12) *

Abram Wilson Abram Wilson (August 30, 1973 – June 9, 2012) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist raised in New Orleans and based in London where he also taught music in schools. Early life Wilson was born to Willie C. Wilson Jr and his wife Dor ...

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

and vocals on track 6

References

2003 albums Soweto Kinch albums {{2003-album-stub