Spellbound (Ahmed Abdul-Malik album)


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.

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

  1. "Spellbound" – 4:57
  2. "Never On Sunday" – 5:13
  3. "Body and Soul" – 7:14
  4. "Song of Delilah" – 7:02
  5. "Cinema Blues" – 8:15

    Personnel