The John & Alice Coltrane Home has declared 2024 to be The Year of Alice, celebrating the extensive life work of spiritual leader, composer, and musician Alice Coltrane.
On 'Moonshine,' Maurice Louca & Elephantine present themselves as a new force in spiritual jazz.
On 'Astral Plains,' Canada's Peace Flag Ensemble delve into the realms of modern spiritual jazz.
With 'Everybody's Children,' Surya Botofasina delivers a true spiritual jazz gem.
On 'Estrela Acesa' Sao Paolo singer-songwriter Sessa is able to make a real connection between bossa nova and spiritual jazz.
Andrei Tarkovsky explored a different dimension in art never traversed before, especially in the world of Cinema. What exactly was Tarkovsky aiming for with this unusual art form?
Sometime during the Twentieth century, a musician, born somewhere in Alabama as Herman Poole Blount, rounded up his outlook of the World, or more precisely at the Universe, life, and music, and found in himself that he is actually Sun Ra.
In 1971, Alice Coltrane had an acclaimed concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, now, for the first time it's being released in full.
On 'Calder Shapes,' composer/multi-instrumentalist Matthew Halsall presents his modern vision of spiritual jazz.
On 'Sound And Reason,' Qwalia include some intricate rhythm patterns to their vision of spiritual jazz.
Pharoah Sanders’ classic 1969 album 'Karma' will be pressed on 180-gram black vinyl as part of Verve/UMe’s acclaimed audiophile vinyl reissue series.
Whether you're keen on Zodiac signs and horoscopes or not, you certainly should be, because Marquis Hill’s musical vision on 'Soul Sign' is both fresh and inspiring soul-jazz/spiritual jazz.
At the moment, there is a plethora of jazz artists who are bringing something new, reviving previous forms in the right way, or just crossing borders that garner more attention - with some of them on the verge of attaining wider acclaim.
Spiritual jazz, a genre born in the '60s and closely tied to that times' political, social, and cultural climate is experiencing a resurgence of sorts, is it again reflecting the moment we live in? We exam the genre's roots and its ever expanding horizons.