What Is Spiritual Jazz?
I always played Alice Coltrane's “Journey in Satchidananda” in yoga classes, but I didn't imagine that there would be a genre known as “spiritual jazz.”
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I always played Alice Coltrane's “Journey in Satchidananda” in yoga classes, but I didn't imagine that there would be a genre known as “spiritual jazz.”
This episode highlights spiritual jazz from Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Latin jazz from the Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band and solo piano from Giorgio Gaslini among other thi...
This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on tenor saxophonist Azar Lawrence. Lawrence is a veteran of Elvin Jones' and McCoy Tyner's bands and a leader of his own group, The Az...
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This is the third of our Cosmic Jazz tributes to saxophonist John Coltrane, born 100 years ago on 23 September 1926. Here at Cosmic Jazz, we've been celebrating the life and music...
This episode explores the theme of rediscovery: a 1970 Japanese shakuhachi record just reissued, and a Swedish duo closing things out on a stripped-down reading of an old socialist...
By Richard Blute The Red Garland Quintet Featuring John Coltrane and Donald Byrd - Soul Junction (Prestige, 1960) Culinary writers frequently refer to comfort food....
John Coltrane would have turned 100 last week. So this hour closes with 15 minutes of him live at the Village Vanguard in 1961. On the way there, we open in Paris in 1970, with the...
By Klaus KitzingerReflections on Stellar Regions (1967/1995) Around the end of the year 1995, a „new“ album of John Coltrane, posthumous of course, was announced to be r...
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By Brian Earley When John Coltrane died in 1967 the jazz world felt a startling void. With the release of Expression, Coltrane’s final studio album, it must have felt...
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By Richard Blute ““Ain’t nobody coming?” [Ali] said to Coltrane. “No, it’s just you and me.” “What are we playing? Is it fast? Is it slow?” “Whatever you want...
The third and final part of our celebration of 50 years of Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key Of Life--with more jazz renditions of this timeless masterpiece.Happy listening!Playlist...
John Coltrane – Live at the Village Vanguard (Impulse, 1997) By Kenneth Blanchard There are certain recordings that stretched my grasp of jazz (and indeed music). An...
Future Sounds of Jazz Vol. 16 is both a forecast and a wormhole. Across two discs, Michael Reinboth and Michael Rütten move through jazz, dub, electronic music, improvisation, and...
Tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan's Soul Fountain may once have been considered a relatively lightweight album compared with much of his work as a leader and sideman, but it's full...
DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE - s/t (Impulse!, 1963)By Ferruccio Martinotti Sunday morning. We weren't even looking through Trane’s records, we already had a clear pl...
After a few weeks during which we've delved into the legacies of Cassandra Wilson, Stevie Wonder and Dave Holland, a huge pile of new releases has built up on our virtual desks and...
Stevie Wonder's cult classic may not be a jazz album, but its jazz connections run deep--from Herbie Hancock, Dorothy Ashby, George Benson, Glenn Ferris, and Bobbi Humphrey involve...
In addition to the artists in the title, this edition of Exploration honors the birthdays of Patrice Rushen, Dave Holland, Jean-Luc Ponty, and others. Playlist Charles McPherson "...
By Ferruccio Martinotti "All Art Has Been Contemporary” This sentence is a neon installation by conceptual artist Maurizio Nannucci located on the roof of the Galler...
I am endlessly interested in the intersection of music and ritual. Formal ritual, spiritual gatherings incorporating music, even liturgical music. Then there are the rituals of mak...
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