Life's Force

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| name = Life's Force

| type = album

| artist = Ahmed Abdullah

| cover = Ahmed_Abdullah_Lifes_Force.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1979

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Blue Rock Studio, New York City

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = About Time
AT-1001

| producer =

| chronology = Ahmed Abdullah

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Live at Ali's Alley

| next_year = 1980

}}

Life's Force is an album by trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah, listed simply as "Abdullah" on the cover. His debut as a leader, it was recorded at Blue Rock Studio in New York City, and was issued in 1979 by About Time Records as the label's inaugural release. On the album, Abdullah is joined by hornist Vincent Chancey, cellist Muneer Abdul Fatah, vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, bassist Jerome Hunter, and drummer Rashied Sinan.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lifes-force-mw0000327928 |title=Ahmed Abdullah: Life's Force |first=Scott |last=Yanow |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 26, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/ahmed-abdullah/lifes-force |title=Ahmed Abdullah - Life's Force |website=Jazz Music Archives |access-date=January 26, 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_About_Time.htm |title=About Time discography |website=JazzLists |access-date=January 26, 2023}}

In 1979, while Abdullah was music director of her dance company, "Life's Force" was choreographed by Dianne McIntyre, and the work was premiered at the Carver Center in San Antonio, Texas.{{cite web |url=http://www.diannemcintyre.com/choreography.html |title=Dianne McIntyre: Selected Choreography / dance - theatre - film |website=DianneMcIntyre.com |access-date=January 26, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/dianne-mcintyre-talks-about-her-love-affair-with-modern-dance |title=Dianne McIntyre talks about her love affair with modern dance |date=August 19, 2012 |website=TimeOut |access-date=January 26, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://foundmovementgroup.com/newsletters-articles/2020/8/28/dianne-mcintyre-the-body-dancing |title=Dianne McIntyre: The Body Dancing |date=August 28, 2020 |website=Found Movement Group |access-date=January 26, 2023}} McIntyre described it as "a dance music collaboration" in which "dancers become part of the band." She commented: "Ahmed Abdullah... developed the dance together along with the people in the company. For him 'Life's Force' celebrates the energy that takes people to higher consciousness. It's the inner spirit. There is a rhythmical source that keeps on throughout the whole piece. The pulse is still going even when the piece finishes." Following a performance of the work in New York City, Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times stated that it "stole the show," calling the music "vibrant" and "hard-pushing," and the choreography "full of invention."{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/28/arts/dance-dianne-mcintyre-s-sounds-in-motion.html |title=Dance: Dianne McIntyre's Sounds in Motion |first=Jennifer |last=Dunning |date=June 28, 1981 |website=The New York Times |access-date=January 26, 2023}}