Album
The Spiritual
1972 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Spiritual is a Jazz album by Art Ensemble Of Chicago, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked.
About
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. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut. Reception 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 sound. Indeed, without a traditional drummer, the group is free to play at its most unrestrained, unfettered by conventions of tempo". Personnel: Lester Bowie: trumpet, percussion instruments Malachi Favors Maghostut: ba, percussion instrument, vocals Joseph Jarman: saxophone, clarinet, percussion instruments .
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Tracklist
- 1Toro8:30
- 2Lori Song3:58
- 3That the Evening Sky Fell Through the Glass Wall and We Stood Alone Somewhere6:00
- 4The Spiritual20:06
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- sparse
- meditative
- spiritual
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Joseph JarmanALTO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, OBOE, FLUTE, PIANO, HARPSICHORD, GUITAR, PERCUSSION CLARINET, FLUTE, GUITAR, HARPSICHORD, OBOE, PERCUSSION, PIANO, ALTO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, OBOE, FLUTE, PIANO, HARPSICHORD, GUITAR, PERCUSSION
- Lester BowieBASS DRUM, FLUGELHORN, HORNS, TRUMPET TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, HORNS, BASS DRUM TRUMPET, HORNS, BASS DRUM, FLUGELHORN
- Malachi FavorsBANJO, BASS, BASS , PERCUSSION, SITAR BANJO, BASS, BASS , PERCUSSION, ZITHER BASS, BANJO, PERCUSSION
- Roscoe MitchellALTO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BASS SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, FLUTE, WHISTLE , SIREN, BELLS, PERCUSSION ALTO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BASS SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, FLUTE, WHISTLE, SIREN, BELLS, PERCUSSION CLARINET, FLUTE, PERCUSSION, BELLS, SIREN, ALTO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BASS SAXOPHONE, WHISTLE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 20 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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