RKP Spiritual Jazz Compilation Vol 1

 

I have put together a compilation of some of my personal favourite spiritual jazz tracks, full of meditation, mysticism, exoticism and cosmic exploration. Truth be told, I'm by no means a jazz expert and in fact, not all of the tracks are jazz, strictly speaking. Most of this beautiful music is from the 60s and 70s, an era of both innovation/experimentation and a fertile global diffusion of musical ideas, be it in Western jazz artists drawing inspiration from cultures they had previously overlooked or musical ambassadors from the “other cultures” themselves bringing their unique vision into jazz.

Disk 1
Disk 2
Youtube playlist  (some versions of tracks are different and not in good quality)


Tracklist

Disk 1:

1. Pharaoh Sanders - Prince of Peace (from "Izipho Zam (My Gifts)", US 1973)
2. Lloyd Miller - Gol-e Gandom (recorded in 1965, from "A Lifetime In Oriental Jazz", US 2009)
3. Jeremy Steig - Dream Passage (from "Monium", US 1973)
4. Don Cherry and the Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Tantra (from "Relativity Suite", US 1973)
5. Third Ear Band - Water (from "Elements", UK 1970)
6. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (from "Journey in Satchidananda", US 1970)
7. Horace Tapscott Conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Peyote Song No. III (from “The Call”, US 1978)
8. Et Cetera - Raga (from "Et Cetera", West Germany 1970)

Disk 2:

1. Bill Plummer And The Cosmic Brotherhood - Journey To The East (from "Bill Plummer And The Cosmic Brotherhood", US 1968)
2. Okay Temiz & Oriental Wind - Mus (from “Zikir”, Turkey 1979)
3. Kuumba-Toudie Heath - Maulana (from "Kawaida", US 1975)
4. Sonny Sharrock - Who does she hope to be? (from “Ask the ages”, US 1991)
5. Arthur Russell - Instrumental 1D (recorded 1974, from “First Thought, Best Thought”, US 2006)
6. Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew (recorded 1973 in Ethiopia, from "Éthiopiques, Vol. 4", 1998)
7. Bill Cosby - Martin's Funeral (from "Badfoot Brown & The Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band", US 1971)
8. Terry Riley - Happy Ending (from "Happy Ending", US 1972)

 Cover art of albums used:

Enjoy!