{{Infobox album | name = Black Jazz Signature | type = compilation | artist = Theo Parrish | cover =Black Jazz Signature.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2013|09|03}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = {{Duration|m=77|s=08}} | label = Snow Dog | producer = | prev_title = Sound Signature Sounds Vol. 2 | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = American Intelligence | next_year = 2014 }} {{Album ratings | MC = 84/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/black-jazz-signature/theo-parrish|title=Black Jazz Signature by Theo Parrish|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/theo-parrishs-black-jazz-signature-mw0002560597|title=Theo Parrish's Black Jazz Signature - Various Artists|work=AllMusic|first=Andy|last=Kellman|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev2score = 9/10<ref name=exclaim>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/theo_parrish-theo_parrishs_black_jazz_signature|title=Theo Parrish: Theo Parrish's Black Jazz Signature|work=Exclaim!|first=Nilan|last=Perera|date=August 20, 2013|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Fact'' | rev3score = 4.5/5<ref name=factmag>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/08/27/theo-parrish-theo-parrishs-black-jazz-signature-black-jazz-records-1971-1976/|title=Theo Parrish's Black Jazz Signature: Black Jazz Records 1971-1976|work=Fact|first=Steve|last=Shaw|date=August 27, 2013|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Resident Advisor'' | rev4score = 4.0/5<ref name=residentadvisor>{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/13516|title=Theo Parrish - Theo Parrish's Black Jazz Signature: Black Jazz Records 1971-1976|work=Resident Advisor|first=Will|last=Lynch|date=August 27, 2013|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref> | rev5 = ''XLR8R'' | rev5score = 8/10<ref name=xlr8r>{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/2013/08/theo-parrish-s-black-jazz-signature-black-jazz-records-1971-1976/|title=Theo Parrish: Theo Parrish's Black Jazz Signature: Black Jazz Records 1971-1976|work=XLR8R|first=Michael|last=Harkin|date=August 21, 2013|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref> }} '''''Black Jazz Signature''''' is a compilation album by American artist Theo Parrish. It was released through Snow Dog Records in 2013. The album features tracks from the 1970s record label Black Jazz Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=20266|title=Theo Parrish mixes Black Jazz Signature|work=Resident Advisor|first=Aaron|last=Coultale|date=June 28, 2013|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2013/06/theo-parrish-to-curate-black-jazz-compilation/|title=Theo Parrish to Curate Black Jazz Compilation|work=XLR8R|first=Jesse|last=Sussman|date=June 28, 2013|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref>
==Critical reception== At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84% based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name=metacritic/>
Steve Shaw of ''Fact'' gave the album a 4.5 out of 5, saying, "''Black Jazz Signature'' captures a sheer flood of music, parts crashing and reforming around each other as they break away, jut out, drop back, or lace themselves around others."<ref name=factmag/> Michael Harkin of ''XLR8R'' gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "the mix has the feeling of a continuous, subtly shifting jam that continually stirs and stimulates, much like Parrish's sets behind the decks."<ref name=xlr8r/>
''Resident Advisor'' placed it at number 5 on their list of the top 10 official mixes of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/features/1971|title=RA Poll: Top 30 mixes / compilations of 2013|work=Resident Advisor|date=December 16, 2013|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Artist(s) | title1 = Trance Dance | extra1 = Doug Carn | length1 = 8:32 | title2 = My Favorite Things | extra2 = Gene Russell | length2 = 4:40 | title3 = March On | extra3 = The Awakening | length3 = 5:29 | title4 = Convulsions | extra4 = The Awakening | length4 = 5:27 | title5 = Jupiter | extra5 = The Awakening | length5 = 6:21 | title6 = Criss Cross | extra6 = Rudolph Johnson | length6 = 5:46 | title7 = The Highest Pleasure | extra7 = Rudolph Johnson | length7 = 7:37 | title8 = Those Who Chant | extra8 = Walter Bishop Jr. | length8 = 7:35 | title9 = Mirage | extra9 = The Awakening | length9 = 7:58 | title10 = B.E. | extra10 = Calvin Keys | length10 = 7:22 | title11 = Time and Space | extra11 = Rudolph Johnson | length11 = 7:25 | title12 = Blue Bossa | extra12 = Walter Bishop Jr. | length12 = 2:56 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|627989}} * {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=e94057ed-ac27-47f9-927b-059261ea0e06}}
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Category:2013 compilation albums Category:Jazz compilation albums