Also known as 'cosmic' jazz.
We all know the big names: John (later) and Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Sonny Sharrock, Don Cherry, Lonnie Liston Smith, Pharoah Sanders, Charlie Haden, Albert Heath, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kamasi Washington. Hell, I guess even some Christian Vander qualifies.
Lay some of your lesser known recommendations on me. Contemporary or from the past.
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
You might try Michael White - Land of Spirit and Light
And Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus
Does Kamasi Washington qualify? I think he's great.
Shabaka & the Ancestors !
http://shabakaandtheancestors.bandca...sdom-of-elders
New album is coming out soon.
Julian Priester - Love, Love
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Oh, good choice! I forgot all about that one. And it's an ECM release too!Originally Posted by spellbound
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Here are some off the top of my head.
Jothan Callins - Winds Of Change
Mtume Umoja Ensemble – Alkebu-Lan - Land Of The Blacks
Mtume - Rebirth Cycle
Linda Hill - Lullabye For Linda
Horace Tapscott With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Live At I.U.C.C.
Adele Sebastian - Desert Fairy Princess
Creative Arts Ensemble - One Step Out
Dadisi Komalafi - Hassan's Walk
Nate Morgan - Journey Into Nigrita
The Heath Brothers - Marchin' On
Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games
Shamek Farrah - First Impressions
Brother Ahh - Sound Awareness
Ju Ju - A Message From Mozambique
Ju Ju - Chapter Two: Nia
Oneness Of Ju Ju - African Rhythms
Milton Marsh - Monism
The Descendents Of Mike And Phoebe - A Spirit Speaks
Heikki Sarmanto - New Hope Jazz Mass
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Be Known/Ancient/Future/Music
Collocutor - Search
Sarathy Korwar - My East Is Your West
Matthew Halsall - Fletcher Moss Park
Matthew Halsall & Gondwana Orchestra - When The World Was One
Nat Birchall - Sacred Dimension
Nat Birchall - Live At Larissa
Hundreds more...
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Keep them coming!
Some good recommendations so far. Some I've heard of, many I haven't.
I will be doing a lot of searching tonight.
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
When I saw the thread title, several sprang to mind. All of them were mentioned in the original post.
A different kind of spiritual jazz could be represented by albums like Mingus - Ah Um and Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.
Check out Black Jazz Records label:
The Awakening - Hear, Sense and Feel, and Mirage
Doug Carn- Revelation, Infant Eyes
ECM reissue Leo Smith - Divine Love
Sonny Simmons - Burning Spirits
Search for an earlier thread entitled, iirc, “Amorphous Jazz.”
Alice Coltrane. She should top the list.
Ptah the El Doud
Transfiguration
Eternity
Journey in Satchidananda
Reflection on Creation and Space
I'm not lazy. I just work so fast I'm always done.
Lloyd McNeill:
Asha
Washington Suite
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
Ummm. Does the Mahavishnu Orchestra count, or is that too rock-ified?
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
Rypdal - Odyssey
Eddie Henderson - Inside Out & Realization
Les McCann - Invitation to Openness
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
John Betsch Society - Earth Blossom:
And lots of spiritual jazz on these compilations:
Spiritual Jazz 8: Japan pt.1&2
https://spiritualjazz.bandcamp.com/a...z-8-japan-pt-1
https://spiritualjazz.bandcamp.com/a...z-8-japan-pt-2
J-Jazz pt.1&2
https://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/...apan-1969-1984
https://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/...apan-1969-1983
Alice Coltrane. She should top the list.Both mentioned in my OP.Does Kamasi Washington qualify?
I can see why some might consider them in the genre, and maybe they do fit, but they are not what I think of when I think of spiritual jazz. Spiritual jazz has more connection with free jazz and avant garde jazz, that MO is missing.Does the Mahavishnu Orchestra count, or is that too rock-ified?
So far, I am liking:
Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus
Julian Priester - Love, Love
Jothan Callins
Nat Birchall
Dadisi Komalafi - Hassan's Walk
Matthew Halsall & Gondwana Orchestra - When The World Was One
And a few others.
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
Oops! How did I not see that?
http://www.freeform.org/music/kozmigroov.html
The master list.
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
That's really not anymore. The Kozmigroov list hasn't been updated in many years - but its one hell of a start. What the OP is asking about is spiritual jazz which is just one aspect of kosmigroov - really a subset. Spiritual jazz is more acoustic based (though not exclusively). It has roots in free/avant garde/exploratory jazz. A lot of kosmigroov music touches on electric jazz/fusion and really has nothing to do with spiritual jazz. Examples: Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi trilogy is electric/acoustic and is clearly spiritual in nature. Jan Hammer's The First Seven Days doesn't fit the criteria. All are on Doug Watson's original list.
All of those Spiritual Jazz compilations are excellent!
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
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