| Spellbound | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Ahmed Abdul-Malik with Ray Nance and Seldon Powell |
| Cover: | Spellbound (Ahmed Abdul-Malik album).jpg |
| Released: | 1964 |
| Recorded: | March 12, 1964 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 32:41 |
| Label: | Status ST 8303 |
| Producer: | Don Schlitten |
| Chronology: | Ahmed Abdul-Malik |
| Prev Title: | The Eastern Moods of Ahmed Abdul-Malik |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
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.[1]
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.".