The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel | ||||
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Studio album by Me'shell Ndegeocello | ||||
Released | February 14, 2005 | |||
Recorded | March 1–March 4, 2003 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Universal Music | |||
Me'shell Ndegeocello chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
About.com | 2005 |
Allmusic | 2005 |
Billboard | (favorable) 2005 |
New York Times | (favorable) 2005 |
Past | (favorable) 2005 |
PopMatters | (8/10) 2005 |
The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel is the sixth album by the American multi-instrumentalist Me'shell Ndegeocello, initially released in France on Universal France on February 14, 2005, and then subsequently on the Shanachie label in the United States on June 21 of the same year (see 2005 in music).
The album is Ndegeocello's first after leaving Maverick Records, her label between 1993 and 2003. The album is completely jazz-based and features a number of noted jazz musicians.
The album peaked at #4 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart in the U.S.