title: Peace and Rhythm
text: # Peace and Rhythm
  
  Peace and Rhythm is the second album led by jazz drummer Idris Muhammad which was recorded for the Prestige label in 1971.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  
  The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Parts of the second solo album by Prestige Records' house drummer, Idris Muhammad, are an even poppier affair than Black Rhythm Revolution, with a mellow soul-jazz feel replacing the slight Latin tinge of the earlier album... "The Peace and Rhythm Suite" is a side-long suite consisting of two long, spacy compositions that predate the ambient house scene by nearly two decades yet sound entirely of a piece with that style. Long, droning, sustained chords on a variety of wind and reed instruments float above Muhammad's percussion, which ebbs and flows in a free, almost arrhythmic way through most of the piece. Fans of The Orb or Brian Eno will find it an old hat, but for early-'70s jazz, this was downright revolutionary".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Idris Muhammad except where noted
  
  * "Peace and Rhythm Suite: Peace" – 12:05
  * "Peace and Rhythm Suite: Rhythm" (Clarence Thomas) – 5:55
  * "Brother You Know You're Doing Wrong" (Sakinah Muhammad) – 5:40
  * "Don't Knock My Love" (Brad Shapiro, Wilson Pickett) – 4:45
  * "I'm A Believer" (Sakinah Muhammad) – 5:20
  * Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 13 (tracks 3–5) and September 20 (tracks 1 & 2), 1971
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Idris Muhammad – drums, gong, cowbell, cabasa, autohorn
  * Virgil Jones – trumpet
  * Clarence Thomas – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, bells, arranger
  * William Bivens – vibraphone (tracks 1 & 2)
  * Alan Fontaine, Melvin Sparks – guitar (tracks 3–5)
  * Kenny Barron – electric piano (tracks 1 & 2)
  * Ron Carter – bass (tracks 1 & 2)
  * Jimmy Lewis – electric bass (tracks 3–5)
  * Buddy Caldwell – congas
  * Angel Allende – percussion, timbales (tracks 1 & 2)
  * Sakinah Muhammad – vocals (tracks 3 & 5)
  
  ### Production
  
  * Bob Porter – producer
  * Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  