The Spiritual

The Spiritual
Studio album by Art Ensemble of Chicago
Released 1969
Recorded June 26, 1969
Studio Polydor Studios (Dames II), Paris, France
Genre Jazz
Length 38:34
Label Freedom
Black Lion Records
Producer Alan Bates, Chris Whent
Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology
Tutankhamun
(1969)Tutankhamun1969		 The Spiritual
(1969)		 People in Sorrow
(1969)People in Sorrow1969

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.[1][2] It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

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 sounds. Indeed, without a traditional drummer, the group is free to play at its most unrestrained, unfettered by conventions of tempo".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Toro" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 8:30
  2. "Lori Song" (Joseph Jarman) - 3:58
  3. "That the Evening the Sky Fell Through the Glass Wall and We Stood Alone" (Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman) - 6:00
  4. "The Spiritual" (Mitchell) - 20:06

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Art Ensemble of Chicago discography accessed 22, July, 2009
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography, accessed November 26, 2017
  3. 1 2 The Spiritual – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
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