The Spiritual
The Spiritual | ||||
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Released | 1969 | |||
Recorded | June 26, 1969 | |||
Studio | Polydor Studios (Dames II), Paris, France | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:34 | |||
Label | Freedom Black Lion Records | |||
Producer | Alan Bates, Chris Whent | |||
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The Spiritual is an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in 1969 for the Freedom label as the same sessions that produced Tutankhamun.[1][2] It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut.
Reception
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AllMusic | [3] |
The AllMusic review stated "this stunning 1974 album, The Spiritual, finds the Art Ensemble of Chicago at their artistic height. Reduced to an unusual drummerless quartet for this session (reedsmen Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell, horn player Lester Bowie and bassist/banjo player Malachi Favors all double on various types of percussion), the group explores one of the main stems of jazz, New Orleans gospel and second-line music, without sacrificing its freer sounds. Indeed, without a traditional drummer, the group is free to play at its most unrestrained, unfettered by conventions of tempo".[3]
Track listing
- "Toro" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 8:30
- "Lori Song" (Joseph Jarman) - 3:58
- "That the Evening the Sky Fell Through the Glass Wall and We Stood Alone Somewhere?" (Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman) - 6:00
- "The Spiritual" (Mitchell) - 20:06
Personnel
- Lester Bowie: trumpet, percussion instruments
- Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments, vocals
- Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments
- Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments
References
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- Roscoe Mitchell
- Don Moye
- Jaribu Shahid
- Hugh Ragin
- Tomeka Reid
- Dudu Kouate
- Joseph Jarman
- Lester Bowie
- Malachi Favors
- Phillip Wilson
- Corey Wilkes
- Baba Sissoko
- Ari Brown
- Elliot Ngubone
- A Jackson in Your House
- Tutankhamun
- The Spiritual
- People in Sorrow
- Message to Our Folks
- Reese and the Smooth Ones
- Eda Wobu
- Comme à la radio
- Certain Blacks
- Go Home
- Chi-Congo
- Les Stances a Sophie
- Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass
- Phase One
- Fanfare for the Warriors
- Nice Guys
- Full Force
- The Third Decade
- Naked
- Ancient to the Future
- The Alternate Express
- Art Ensemble of Soweto
- America – South Africa
- Dreaming of the Masters Suite
- Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters Series Vol. 2
- Coming Home Jamaica
- Tribute to Lester
- The Meeting
- Sirius Calling