The Spiritual (album)
Encyclopedia
The Spiritual is an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago
recorded in 1969 for the Freedom
label as the same sesioons that produced Tutankhamun
. It features performances by Lester Bowie
, Joseph Jarman
, Roscoe Mitchell
and Malachi Favors Maghostut.
Art Ensemble of Chicago
The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicago's AACM in the late 1960s. The group continues to tour and record through 2006, despite the deaths of two of the founding members....
recorded in 1969 for the Freedom
Freedom Records
Freedom Records was a jazz record label linked with the producer Alan Bates, as with his Black Lion Records.Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records.-Discography:*1000 Albert Ayler &...
label as the same sesioons that produced Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun (album)
Tutankhamun is a 1969 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded for the Freedom label. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut...
. It features performances by Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...
, Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman , is a jazz musician, composer and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He is perhaps best known as one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Early life:Jarman grew up in Chicago, Illinois...
, Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell is an African American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb—if idiosyncratic—saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past...
and Malachi Favors Maghostut.
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" (Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman) - 6:00
- "The Spiritual" (Mitchell) - 20:06
- Recorded June 26, 1969 in Paris
Personnel
- Lester BowieLester BowieLester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...
: trumpet, percussion instruments - Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments, vocals
- Joseph JarmanJoseph JarmanJoseph Jarman , is a jazz musician, composer and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He is perhaps best known as one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Early life:Jarman grew up in Chicago, Illinois...
: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments - Roscoe MitchellRoscoe MitchellRoscoe Mitchell is an African American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb—if idiosyncratic—saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past...
: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments