| Peace and Blessings | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre |
| Cover: | Peace and Blessings.jpg |
| Released: | 1979 |
| Recorded: | June 18, 1979 |
| Studio: | Barigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 40:28 |
| Label: | Black Saint |
| Producer: | Giacomo Pellicciotti |
| Chronology: | Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre |
| Prev Title: | Forces and Feelings |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | Ram's Run |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Peace and Blessings is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, recorded in 1979 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]
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."
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."[3]
All compositions by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre except as indicated