"Spiritual jazz"
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Topic: "Spiritual jazz"
Posted By: Sean Trane
Subject: "Spiritual jazz"
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2017 at 4:08am
Question about "spiritual jazz"... When was the term coined??  I've got no memory of hearing that "genre" in the 70's or 80's when discovering 60's & 70's albums (from ALS to Pharoah or Sony Liston Smyth or from Alice, to Tyner or Mwandishi).... I mean, these were coined "New Thing, Modal jazz, Soul Jazz or Jazz-funk", back then, right? I could be totally wrong, but as far as I can tell, this is a new "genre" imagined in the last decade (or so) to make a filiation between those 60/70's albums and the Kamasi/Shabaka generation. this "spiritual jazz" tag kind of speaks for itself (though I haven't seen it in JMA's DB), but when did it appear? ------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones.... 
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2017 at 6:02am
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I think I first started hearing that term about 10 or 15 years ago, and I was listening to that kind of music since about 40 years ago. Judging from the magazines I read from both the UK and US, I think the term is more popular in the UK, but US publications will use the term sometimes too.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2017 at 7:39am
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that's what I thought, thanks ------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....
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Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2024 at 1:27pm
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The fact that no one has posted here for six years is depressing. I'm currently on a spiritual jazz kick, notably working through a bunch of Pharoah Sanders and a little McCoy Tyner on the side. Karma is currently my number 1 spiritual album.
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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2024 at 1:31pm
| neo-spiritual jazz had it's popularity peak in London few years ago, and is still really popular around UK |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2024 at 1:45pm
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Then I need to get to some spiritual stuff from the last ten years. Thanks for letting me know.
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2024 at 4:35pm
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This fairly recent album by Willie Morris has a spiritual jazz influence: https://williemorrisjazz.bandcamp.com/album/conversation-starter" rel="nofollow - https://williemorrisjazz.bandcamp.com/album/conversation-starter |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2024 at 7:15am
let say this |
Rexorcist wrote:Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2024 at 1:06pm
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or this? |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2024 at 4:40pm
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I'm gonna get through the EP's of Maisha before heading off to Willie Morris. I posted a short review of that Maisha album, though. Thanks for telling me about them. Btw, I noticed that Willie has a second album for this year on JMA, "Attentive Listening," but I can't find any other source for it. Is it an upcoming album?
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2024 at 6:13pm
| Thats probably an album that has not come out yet, but has been announced. He doesn't exactly play spiritual jazz, but you can hear the influence on some tracks. |
Posted By: Drumolator
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2024 at 3:03pm
| Since I am a Christian, I mostly only listen to jazz made by Christians. These include Joey DeFrancesco, Brian Blade, Jimmy Greene, McCoy Tyner, Cyrus Chestnut, Kenny Garrett, and Eric Reed. Peace and goodwill. |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2024 at 4:31pm
Don't forget Duke Ellington who probably wrote more Christian jazz pieces than anyone. |
Posted By: fethiye
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 2:48am
| Thanks for information |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2024 at 4:49pm
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I just got through the first two Pyramids albums. I need some
afro-jazz in the mix, and I've only heard one other album of it so far. Now I'm starting the 2020 album Shaman. |
Posted By: wideopenears
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2024 at 4:16pm
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I think it's a relatively recent term for artists influenced by the late 60's / early 70's Free Jazz from John and Alice Coltrane and others. I think I first heard it used to refer to Kamesi and some of the West Coast Get Down scene... I find stuff often labelled "Kozmigroov" to be up this particular alley, as well. I dig it.
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2024 at 4:38pm
| The return of 'spiritual jazz' was a surprise to me, I always thought that was entirely a 60s-70s sort of thing, but its good it made a comeback and even better that today's young people get into it. |