The ninth volume in Jazzman's Spiritual Jazz series is a 2 x CD (and 2 x double LP) compilation from the Blue Note catalogue. Just over half the material was recorded between 1964 and 1966, the final ...

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The Epic, a new 3-disk set by saxophonist Kamasi Washington has just been released on Brainfeeder Records. It’s of the same Spiritual Jazz musical DNA as John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, Meditations, ...

In a candid conversation that bridges the earthly and divine, renowned saxophonist Kirk Whalum unveils the mystical dimensions of jazz, sharing intimate stories of supernatural moments and spiritual ...

As a music journalist, I receive a lot of emails from PRs and labels telling me about the latest releases. And, at least a couple of times a month, I’m alerted to a new album or artist being touted as ...

When Immanuel Wilkins takes up his horn, the tone is as natural as breathing, as speaking, as praying. Perhaps all jazz is spiritual, but the Philadelphia native underscores the sacredness of this ...

Doug Carn, left, with his wife, Jean Carn, in a detail from the cover of their album Spirit of the New Land, released on Black Jazz Records in 1972. As jazz experienced an awakening in the late '60s ...

The Santa Monica Public Library’s Soundwaves new music series presents iconic jazz vocalist Dwight Trible and his band Cosmic Vibrations on Saturday, May 6 at 3:30PM, at the Pico Annex in Virginia ...

Doug Carn, left, with his wife, Jean Carn, in a detail from the cover of their album Spirit of the New Land, released on Black Jazz Records in 1972. The dawn of the '70s were heady times for ...