Feelin' the Spirit

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{{Infobox album

| name = Feelin' the Spirit

| type = studio

| artist = Grant Green

| cover = Green_spirit.jpg

| alt =

| released = Early October 1963[https://books.google.com/books?id=UQsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Grant+Green+Spirit+4132&pg=PA42 Billboard Oct 26, 1963]

| recorded = December 21, 1962

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:26

| label = Blue Note
BST 84132

| producer = Alfred Lion

| chronology = Grant Green

| prev_title = Goin' West

| prev_year = 1962

| next_title = Blues for Lou

| next_year = 1963

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score ={{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r139795|pure_url=yes}} link]|noprose=yes

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=599}}

}}

Feelin' the Spirit is an album by jazz guitarist Grant Green originally issued on Blue Note Records as BLP 4132 and BST 84132. Consisting of jazz arrangements of traditional African American spirituals, it is one of a series of themed records recorded by the guitarist in 1962. Green is supported by pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins.

From the original liner notes: "Green has made no attempt here to recreate the five spirituals he plays in anything resembling their original context, nor has he tried to duplicate their often pallid manifestation on the concert stage. He has approached them with affection, but as music to be played in his style. The result is a fascinating combination: the techniques of modern jazz, blues, and gospel, all applied to the spiritual." - Joe Goldberg

This album was remastered and reissued in Blue Note's Rudy Van Gelder Edition series on March 1, 2005.