The copy I just ordered in the States has the photo cover, not the drawing- looks like that is the EU cover- nicer.
FWIW, I seem to remember that there are two (2) different CD issues specifically of Vol 1 of this series (with 2 different covers)-- and that one of them has two (2) *extra tracks* (not found on the other one). Here are the two versions: 12 tracks: Various - Spiritual Jazz - Esoteric, Modal And Deep Jazz From The Underground 1968-77 14: tracks: Various - Spiritual Jazz (Esoteric, Modal + Deep Jazz From The Underground 1968-77)
Coltrane's "Ascension", "Love Supreme" and "Meditations" are some of the holiest recordings I've heard. This isn't really "spiritual jazz" by label, but when I heard albums like "Dark Magus", "On The Corner" and "In A Silent Way" , I was so immensely impressed and astonished by what I heard it reached that spiritual realm. Spiritual in a different way I guess.
Sonny Sharrock, Pharoah Sanders, Elvin Jones... If that doesn't say "Spiritual" to you just listen to it. Great music from ... the nineties !!
I just published an interview with Wendell Harrison, co-founder of the Tribe label, whose career has been fascinating. He returned to Detroit in 1970 as Motown was pulling out and the music was changing; Wendell was an important part of that change. The piece can be found here.
Abdul Al-Hannan - Third World [Third World 1971] Air - Air Song [Whynot 1975] Air - Montreux Suisse Air (Live At Montreux 1978) [Arista Novus 1978] Alan Silva and His Celestrial Communication Orchestra - Luna Surface [BYG 1969] Alan Silva, The Celestrial Communications Orchestra - The Shout - Portrait For A Small Woman [Sun 1979] Amina Claudine Myers - Song for Mother E [Leo 1980] Archie Shepp & Richard Davis - Body And Soul [Enja 1991] Art Ensemble of Chicago - People In Sorrow [Nessa 1969] Arthur Doyle - A Prayer for Peace [Zugswang 2000] Arthur Doyle Plus 4 - Alabama Feeling [AK-BA 1978] Azar Lawrence - Bridge Into The New Age [Prestige 1974] Baikida Carroll - Orange Fish [Palm 1974] Barney Wilen - Moshi [Saravah 1972] Batsumi - Batsumi [R & T 1974] Batsumi - Moving Along [R & T 1976] Beaver Harris 360 Degree Music Experience - Beautiful Africa [Soul Note 1979] Bill Cole - The First Cycle [Music From Dartmouth 1980] Billy Bang, William Parker - Medicine Buddha [NoBusiness 2014] Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble - New York Collage [Anima 1978] Billy Harper - Black Saint [Black Saint 1975] Black Renaissance - Body, Mind and Spirit [Baystate 1976] Black Unity Trio - Al-Fatihah [Salaam 1971] Bobby Jackson - The Cafe Extra-Ordinaire Story [Ninth Note 1977] Brother Ah - Divine Musicn [Manufactured Recordings 2017] Brother Ah - Key to Nowhere [Divine 1983] Brother Ah - Move Ever Onward [Divine 1975] Brother Ah & The Sounds of Awareness - Key to Nowhere [Divine 1983] Butch Morris - Current Trends in Racism in Modern America [Sound Aspects 1985] Butch Morris - In Touch...But Out of Reach [Kharma 1982] Byard Lancaster - Clint Jackson III - Mother Africa [Palm 1974] Byard Lancaster, J. R. Mitchell - Live At Macalester College 72 [Dogtown 1972] Byron Allen - Byron Allen Trio [ESP Disk 1964] Carlos Ward Quartet feat. Woody Shaw - Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival [Leo 1989] Center Of The World - Last Polka In Nancy? Volume 2 [Center Of The World 1973] Center Of The World. Volume I [Center Of The World 1972] Charles Gayle - Repent [Knitting Factory 1992] Charles Gayle, William Parker, Rashied Ali - Touchin' On Trane [FMP 1993] Charles Tyler - Eastern Man Alone [ESP 1967] Charles Tyler - Saga of the Outlaws [Nessa 1978] Charles Tyler / Ensemble - Voyage From Jericho [AK-BA 1975] Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra [Impulse! 1970] Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Malachi Favors & Sunny Murray - African Magic [Circle 1979] Chico Freeman - Kings Of Mali [India Navigation 1978] Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble - Freedom & Unity [Third World 1969] Coalition - Birth [Kenya 1978] Dannie Richmond Quartet - Ode To Mingus [Soul Note 1979] David S. Ware - Birth Of A Being [Hat Hut 1979] David Wertman - Kara Suite [Mustevic Sound 1976] Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Relativity Suite [JCOA 1973] Don Cherry Universal Silence - Berlin November 3, 1972 [Bootleg 1972] Donald Alexander Strachan & The Freedom Ensemble - Soul Translation [Triad Concept 1975] Donald Smith - Luv [Whynot 1976] Doug Hammond & David Durrah - Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen [Tribe 1975] Doug Lucas - Niara [RKM 1975] E.W. Wainwright, Jr. - African Roots of Jazz [AROJ 1981] East New York Ensemble de Music - At the Helm [Folkways 1974] Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening [Blue Note 1969] Eddie Gale - Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music [Blue Note 1968] Edward Larry Gordon - Celestial Vibration [SWN 1978] Elaine Brown - Seize the Time [Vault 1969] Frank Lowe - Black Beings [ESP Disk 1975] Full Moon Ensemble Featuring Claude Delcloo - Crowded With Loneliness [24/96] Gil Scott-Heron - Small Talk at 125th and Lenox [Flying Dutchman 1970] Haki R. Madhubuti / Nation - Medasi / Thank You [Rise 1984] Hannibal Marvin Peterson & The Sunrise Orchestra - Children of the Fire [Sunrise 1974] Henry Threadgill Sextet - When Was That? [About Time 1982] Human Arts Ensemble - Poem Of Gratitude [Not On Label] Idris Ackamoor - Music Of Idris Ackamoor 1971-2004 [EM 2006] Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell [Strut 2018] Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans [Strut 2016] Idris Ackamoor and Cultural Odyssey - The Beginning Of The Second Earth [Sagittarius A-Star 2012] Ill Considered - Ill Considered [Ill Considered Music 2017] Ill Considered - Ill Considered 3 [Ill Considered Music 2018] Ill Considered - Live At The Crypt [Ill Considered Music 2017] Ill Considered - Live in Camden Town July 2018 Infinite Sound - Contemporary African-Amerikan Music [1750 Arch 1975] Infinite Spirit Music - Live Without Fear [Ancient Afrika 1980] Irreversible Entanglements [International Anthem Recording Company 2017] Jeanne Lee - Conspiracy [Earthforms 1975] Jef Gilson - Malagasy [Lumen 1972] Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker - New World Pygmies [Eremite 1999] Jerome Cooper, Kalaparusha, Frank Lowe - Positions 3 6 9 [Kharma 1978] John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan - Karuna Supreme [MPS 1976] Rainbow [MPS 1981] John Tchicai, Cecil McBee, Garrison Fewell, Charlie Kohlhase, Billy Hart - Tribal Ghost [NoBusiness 2013] Joseph Jarman - Song For [Delmark 1967] Joshua Abrams - Magnetoception [Eremite 2015] Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Simultonality [Eremite 2017] Jothan Callins & The Sounds of Togetherness - Winds of Change [Triumph 1975] Julius Hemphill - Blue Boyé [Mbari 1977] Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D. [Mbari 1972] Julius Hemphill, Peter Kowald - Live at Kassiopeia [NoBusiness 2011] Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society - Father of Origin [Eremite 2011] Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio - Ooh Live! [Bright Moments 2008] Kahil El'Zabar's The Ritual featuring Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Raphael Garrett - Sacred Love [Sound Aspects 1988] Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference [Young Turks 2017] Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth [Young Turks 2018] Kamasi Washington - Light of the World [2008] Kamasi Washington - The Epic [Brainfeeder 2015] Kamasi Washington - The Proclamation [2007] Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy - African Skies [Captcha 2010] Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble - Drum Dance to the Motherland [Dogtown 1973] Kuumba-Toudie Heath - Kawaida [O'Be 1970] LeRoi Jones, Le Sun Ra - A Black Mass [Jihad Productions 1968] Lloyd McNeill Quartet - Asha [ASHA 1969] Lloyd McNeill Quartet - Washington Suite [ASHA 1970] Louis Hayes - Variety Is the Spice [Gryphon Productions, Inc. 1979] Maisha - Welcome to a New Welcome [Jazz Refreshed 2016] Mal Waldron - Moods [Enja 1978] Mal Waldron Quintet - Hard Talk [Enja 1974] Malachi Favors Magoustut - Natural & The Spiritual [AECO 1992] Marc Levin and His Free Unit - The Dragon Suite [BYG 1969] Marcus Belgrave - Gemini II [Tribe 1974] Marion Brown - Vista [Impulse! 1975] Mary Lou Williams - Black Christ of the Andes [Mary 1964] Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One- Gens De Couleur Libres [Constellation 2011] Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Three_ River Run Thee [Constellation 2015] Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two- Mississippi Moonchile [Constellation 2013] Maulawi - Maulawi [Strata 1974] Maurice McIntyre - Humility in the Light of Creator [Delmark 1969] Max Roach - Members, Don't Git Weary [Atlantic 1968] Max Roach - We Insist! - Freedom Now Suite [Candid 1960] Menagerie - The Arrow Of Time [Freestyle 2018] Michael Gregory Jackson - Clarity [ESP Disk 1977] Milford Graves - Meditation Among Us [Kitty 1977] Milford Graves & Don Pullen - Nommo [SRP 1967] Mor Thiam - Dini Safarrar (Drum of Fire) [Rite Record Productions 1973] Muhal Richard Abrams - Afrisong [Whynot 1975] Muhal Richard Abrams - Young at Heart / Wise in Time [Delmark 1970] Nathan Davis - If [Tomorrow International, Inc. 1976] Nathan Davis - Suite for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr [24/96] [Tomorrow International, Inc. 1976] Natural Yogurt Band - Tuck In With [Now-Again 2010] Ndikho Xaba and the Natives [Trilyte 1971] Nicole Mitchell & Haki Madhubuti - Liberation Narratives [Black Earth Music 2017] Noel McGhie & Space Spies - Trapeze [Disques Espérance 1975] Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble - Hard Luck Soul [Aragorn 1971] Oliver Lake - NTU_ The Point From Wich Creation Begins [Freedom 1971] P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble - Winter Winds (The Complete Works 1968-70) Pharoah & The Underground - Spiral Mercury [Clean Feed 2014] Pharoah Sanders - In The Beginning 1963-1964 [ESP Disk 2012] Pharoah Sanders - Jewels of Thought [Impulse! 1969] Pharoah Sanders - Journey To The One [24/96] Pharoah Sanders - Karma [DSD 128] Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah [India Navigation 1977] Pharoah Sanders - Thembi [Impulse! 1971] Pheeroan Aklaff - House Of Spirit, Mirth [Passin' Thru 1980] Phil Ranelin - The Time Is Now! [Tribe 1974] Phil Ranelin - Vibes from the Tribe [Tribe 1976] Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - Armageddon [Katalyst Entertainment 2010] Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - On The Beach [Zulu 1967] Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - Singles [Midday Music 2007] Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - The Malcolm X Memorial (A Tribute In Music) [Zulu 1968] Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - The Spanish Suite [Katalyst Entertainment 2009] Prince Lasha - Inside Story [Enja 1981] Rashied Ali / Frank Lowe - Duo Exchange [Survival 1973] Reggie Workman First - Conversation [Denon 1979] Robert Ruff - Shaza-Ra [Baystate 1978] Ronald Snijders - A Safe Return [Black Straight Music 1980] Ronnie Boykins - The Will Come, Is Now [ESP Disk 1975] Roscoe Mitchell - L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples [Nessa 1978] Roy Brooks - The Free Slave [Muse 1972] Roy Brooks & the Improvisational Sphere - Live at Lelli's [Sagittarius A-Star 2011] Roy Brooks Aboriginal Percussion Choir - Live at the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival 1986-1989 [Sagittarius A-Star 2013] Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth - "The Sahel Concert" at Town Hall [Im-Hotep 1974] Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth - Ethnic Expressions [Im-Hotep 1973] Sadaka - Premonition [Creatic 1981] Sam Rivers - Hues [Impulse! 1975] Shabaka and the Ancestors - Wisdom of Elders [Brownswood 2016] Sirone - Artistry [Of The Cosmos 1979] Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages [Axiom 1991] Sonny Simmons - Music from the Spheres [ESP Disk 1968] Sonny Simmons - Staying on the Watch [ESP Disk 1966] Sounds of Liberation - Sounds of Liberation [Dogtown 1972] Steve Colson & The Unity Troupe - Triumph! [Silver Sphinx 1980] Steve Reid - Odyssey of the Oblong Square [Mustevic Sound 1977] Steve Reid - Rhythmatism [Mustevic Sound 1976] Steve Reid featuring The Legendary Master Brotherhood - Nova [Mustevic Sound 1976] Sun Ra and His Arkestra - In the Orbit of Ra Album [Strut 2014] Sun Ra and His Arkestra - To Those of Earth… and Other Worlds [Strut 2015] Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - The Night of the Purple Moon [Thoth Intergalactic 1970] Sunny Murray - Perles Noires Vol. I [Eremite 2005] Sunny Murray - Perles Noires Vol. II [Eremite 2005] Sunny Murray - Self Titled [Shandar 1968] Ted Curson - Pop Wine [Futura 1971] Ted Daniel - Ted Daniel Sextet [Ujamaa 1970] Ted Daniel Quintet - Tapestry [Sun 1977] Tete Mbambisa - Did You Tell Your Mother [The Sun 1979] Tete Mbambisa - Tete's Big Sound [The Sun 1976] The Collective (Idris Ackamoor) - Idrissa's Dream 1971 [Sagittarius A-Star 2014] The Detroit Jazz Composers ltd. - Hastings Street Jazz Experience [Midnite 1976] The Errol Parker Tentet [Sahara 1982] The Frank Derrick Total Experience - You Betcha! [PS 1974] The Group - Live [NoBusiness 2012] The Har-You Percussion Group [ESP Disk 1969] The Human Arts Ensemble Live Vol. I [Circle 1978] The Last Poets - This Is Madness [Douglas 1971] The Lightmen Plus One - Energy Control Center [Lightin' 1972] The Positive Force with Ade Olatunji - Oracy [Pamoja 1977] The Pyramids - Birth/Speed/Merging [Pyramid 1976] The Pyramids - King Of Kings [Pyramid 1974] The Pyramids - Lalibela [Pyramid 1973] The Visitors - In My Youth [Muse 1973] The Watts Prophets - Rappin' Black in a White World [Ala 1971] Tumi Mogorosi - Project ELO [Jazzman 2014] Unity - Blow Thru Your Mind [E.P.I. 1974] VA - Spiritual Jazz - Esoteric, Modal And Deep Jazz From The Underground 1968-77 [Jazzman 2008] VA - Spiritual Jazz Volume 3 - Europe [Jazzman 2012] VA - Spiritual Jazz Volume 4 - Americans In Europe [Jazzman 2013] VA - Spiritual Jazz Volume 5 - Esoteric, Modal And Deep Jazz From Around The World 1961-79 [Jazzman 2014] VA - Spiritual Jazz Volume 6 - Vocals [Jazzman 2014] VA - Spiritual Jazz Volume 7 - Islam [Jazzman 2017] VA - Spiritual Jazz Volume 8 - Japan [Jazzman 2018] VA - Spiritual Jazz Volume II - Esoteric, Modal And Deep European Jazz 1960-78 [Jazzman 2012] Various - Universal Sounds Of America [Soul Jazz 1995] Wali and the Afro Caravan - Home Lost and Found (The Natural Sound) [Solid State 1970] Wendell Harrison & Phillip Ranelin - A Message From the Tribe [Tribe 1973] William Hooker - ... Is Eternal Life [Reality Unit Concepts 1977] Woody Shaw Quintet - Lotus Flower [Enja 1982] World's Experience Orchestra - As Time Flows On [World Productions 1980] World's Experience Orchestra - The Beginning Of A New Birth [World Productions 1975] Zenzile Featuring Marion Brown [Baystate 1977] Billy Harper - Capra Black [Strata-East 1973] Billy Parkers Fourth World - Freedom of Speech [Strata-East 1975] Brother Ah - Sound Awareness [Strata-East 1972] Cecil McBee - Mutima [Strata-East 1974] Cecil Payne - Zodiac (The Music of Cecil Payne) [Strata-East 1973] Charles Brackeen - Rhythm X (The Music Of Charles Brackeen) [Strata-East 1973] Charles Rouse - Two Is One [Strata-East 1974] Charles Sullivan - Genesis [Strata-East 1974] Charles Tolliver - Impact [Strata-East 1975] Charles Tolliver / Music Inc - Live In Tokyo [Strata-East 1974] Clifford Jordan - Clifford Jordan in the World [Strata-East 1972] Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games [Strata-East 1973] Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson - Winter in America [Strata-East 1974] Harold Vick - Don't Look Back [Strata-East 1974] Jazz Contemporaries - Reasons In Tonality [Strata-East 1972] John Hicks - Hells Bells [Strata-East 1980] JuJu - A Message From Mozambique [Strata-East 1972] Keno Duke - Contemporaries - Sense of Values [Strata-East 1974] Larry Ridley - Sum of the Parts [Strata-East 1975] M'Boom - Re-Percussion [Strata-East 1973] Muriel Winston - A Fresh Viewpoint [Strata-East 1974] Music Inc - Live At Historic Slugs' [Strata-East 1970] Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam [Strate-East 1973] Shamek Farrah - First Impressions [Strata-East 1974] Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith - The World of the Children [Strata-East 1977] Sonny Fortune - Long Before Our Mothers Cried [Strata-East 1974] Stanley Cowell - Musa - Ancestral Streams [Strata-East 1974] The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe - A Spirit Speaks [Strata-East 1973] The Ensemble Al-Salaam - The Sojourner [Strata-East 1974] The John Betsch Society - Earth Blossom [Strata-East 1974] The Piano Choir - Handscapes [Strata-East 1973] The Piano Choir - Handscapes 2 [Strata-East 1975] VA - Soul Jazz Love Strata-East [Soul Jazz 1994] Warren Smith & The Composer's Workshop Ensemble [Claves 1995] Adele Sebastian - Desert Fairy Princess [Nimbus West 1981] Billie Harris - I Want Some Water [Nimbus West 1979] Creative Arts Ensemble - One Step Out [Nimbus West 1981] Dadisi Komolafe - Hassans Walk [Nimbus West 1983] Horace Tapscott - Live at Lobero [Nimbus West 1981] Horace Tapscott & Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Flight 17 [Nimbus West 1978] Horace Tapscott & The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - The Call [Nimbus West 1978] Horace Tapscott Sextet - Dial 'B' For Barbra [Nimbus West 1981] Horace Tapscott with Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Flight 17 [Nimbus West 1978] Horace Tapscott with the Pan-Afrikan Arkestra - Live At I.U.C.C. [Nimbus West 1979] Linda Hill - Lullaby for Linda [Nimbus West 1981] Nate Morgan - Journey into Nigritia [Nimbus West 1983] [BJ01] Gene Russell - New Direction [BJ02] Walter Bishop Jr. - Coral Keys [BJ03] Doug Carn - Infant Eyes [BJ04] Rudolph Johnson - Spring Rain [BJ05] Calvin Keys - Shawn-Neeq [BJ06] Chester Thompson - Powerhouse [BJ07] Henry Franklin - The Skipper [BJ08] Doug Carn - Spirit of the New Land [BJ09] The Awakening - Hear, Sense and Feel [BJ10] Gene Russell - Talk to My Lady [BJ11] Rudolph Johnson - The Second Coming [BJ12] Kellee Patterson - Maiden Voyage [BJ13] Walter Bishop Jrs - Keeper of My Soul [BJ14] Doug Carn - Revelation [BJ15] The Awakening - Mirage [BJ16] Doug Carn - Adams Apple [BJ17] Henry Franklin - The Skipper at Home [BJ18] Calvin Keys - Proceed with Caution [BJ19] Roland Haynes - The Second Wave [BJ20] Cleveland Eaton - Plenty Good Eaton [BJ21] Doug Carn - A New Incentive Firm Roots Archie Shepp Max Roach - Force - Sweet Mao - Suid Afrika 76 birthright - free spirits (1974) Charles Gayle - Our Souls - Live in Vilnius (2010) david lee jr - Evolution David S. Ware Quartet - Live In Vilnius (2011) Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra – The Light harry whitaker - thoughts (past and present) huey sonny simmons - burning spirits Imamu Amiri Baraka – It's Nation Time - African Visionary Music joe mcphee, harold e. smith & mike kull - trinity John Gordon Erotica Suite karkhana - live at metro al-madina (sagittarius a-star 2015) Khaliq Al-Rouf Salaam - The Elephant Trot Dance (1979, Nilva Records) La Mont Zeno Theatre - Black Fairy Lloyd McNeill & Marshall Hawkins - Tanner suite Mtume - Rebirth Cycle Nate Morgan - Retribution, Reparation (1984) New Life Trio – Visions Of The Third Eye OFAMFA orchestra omar (sagittarius a-star 2015) Rashied Al Akbar, Muhammad Ali, Earl Cross & Idris Ackamoor - Ascent of the Nether Creatures Roy Meriwether - Nubian Lady Live at the Magic Carpet [1973] Sarah Webster Fabio - Jujus - Alchemy of the Blues Shirley Scott One For Me sons and daughters of lite (1971) let the sun shine in sphere - inside ourselves (1974) Stanley Cowell 1975 regeneration Sun ra - Live in Nickelsdorf 1984 The Jihad - Black And Beautiful, Soul and Madness the lightmen - free as you wanna be - 1970 + the lightmen plus one - fancy pants (1971) The Mayor & the people with Carl B Stoke
Can’t believe I am just now finding this post! That’s so amazing, Bill. I got to meet Phil Ranelin recently when he sold off some of his records. He seemed like a very kind and humble man. I’ve also been dipping my toe into the Tribe music scene. I’d love to get a copy of “An Evening With The Devil” someday.
"Rhythm X" and "Hells Bells" will be out on Pure Pleasure in February and are ready to preorder now. "Clifford Jordan in the World" will be reissued by the japanese P-Vine label in March and can be preordered, too. I'm in for all three.
I just had the pleasure of listening to, and interviewing, Muriel Grossmann. Her latest, Golden Rule, is very much about Coltrane, and is the first record she has released on vinyl. Here's the review/interview (long): Muriel Grossman and The Golden Rule.
Is there any point where the term 'Spiritual Jazz' first gained currency when describing this music? Would A Love Supreme be considered the first 'Spiritual Jazz" record?
Yeah, "Glass Bead Games" by the Clifford Jordan Quartet too, but it sold out in preorder and is not available anymore. (My copy is on it's way)
For those wondering, here's the track-listing for Vol 9 (or at least the CD version - not sure if the LP version will have more tracks)... BTW, I have to say I'm personally a little disappointed that the next volume in the series is all Blue Note material -- if only because this is all stuff I have on CD already (everything except maybe one of the Duke Pearson tracks, though off the top of my head, I think I may have both of those too). The one nice inclusion though (even though I already have it on CD too), is the very last track by Solomon Ilori "Song Of Praise To God" -- which was one of the 3 (then) previously unreleased tracks from the expanded version of Ilori's 1963 Blue Note album African High Life. Thing is, there are 3 quite long bonus tracks from a totally separate 1964 session which, frankly, are even WAY better (and more jazz-oriented) than the entire original African High Life album. Those 3 tracks are really phenomenal, and I'm tickled pink that the compiler(s) at Jazzman saw fit to include one of them on this comp. I've got all 8 volumes of this incredible series on CD, but I'm not so sure about buying volume 9 (since I've already got all of it) -- but I may buy it anyway, for the liners, and also just to support the ongoing work of the series (essentially vote with my pocketbook). Anyway, here are the details. SHINY BEAST music mailorder 01. Bobby Hutcherson - Verse 02. Pete La Roca - Basra 03. Wayne Shorter - Footprints 04. Elvin Jones - At This Point In Time 05. Andrew Hill - Poinsettia 06. Eddie Gale - The Rain 07. Duke Pearson - Empathy 08. Bobby Hutcherson - Searchin' The Trane 09. Duke Pearson - The Phantom 10. Freddie Hubbard - Assunta 11. Joe Henderson - El Barrio 12. Jackie McLean - Plight 13. Duke Pearson - Cristo Redentor 14. Wayne Shorter - Indian Song 15. Hank Mobley - The Morning After 16. Pete La Roca - Malaguena 17. Freddie Hubbard - Blue Spirits 18. Booker Ervin - Gichi 19. Solomon Ilori - Song Of Praise To God
Miles might not have used the term, but IMHO "He Loved Him Madly" is about as spiritual as anything I've ever heard.
My first thought as well. Still going to buy it though as I also have all the others and I don't mind the odd compilation with some tracks I already have.
