Spiritual jazz

Style · 1960s → ; revival 2015 · New York, California · Avant-garde and collectives

Spiritual quest: A Love Supreme (rec. Dec. 9, 1964, released Jan. 1965), Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, sacred Ellington. Revival with Kamasi Washington (2015).

Where it comes from

• Modal
• Free jazz

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Renaissances (Los Angeles, London)
• Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide)

Artists

• John Coltrane (1926–1967, tenor and soprano saxophones)
• Alice Coltrane (1937–2007, harp, piano, organ)
• Sun Ra (1914–1993, keyboards)
• Pharoah Sanders (1940–2022, tenor saxophone)
• Kamasi Washington (1981, tenor saxophone)
• Shabaka Hutchings (1984, saxophone, clarinet, flutes)
• Immanuel Wilkins (1997, alto saxophone)
• Naïssam Jalal (1984, flute, ney, vocals, composition)
• Lakecia Benjamin (alto saxophone)
• Nduduzo Makhathini (piano, vocals)
• Thomas de Pourquery (alto saxophone, vocals)
• Ola Tunji (saxophones (Ornella Noulet), band)

Tracks to start with

• Alabama — John Coltrane (1963)
• Acknowledgement (A Love Supreme) — John Coltrane (1965)
• Sacred Concert (sélection) — Duke Ellington (1965)
• Change of the Guard — Kamasi Washington (2015)
• Ferguson – An American Tradition — Immanuel Wilkins (2020)
• Turiya and Ramakrishna — Alice Coltrane (1970)
• Harvest Time — Pharoah Sanders (1976)
• Fists of Fury — Kamasi Washington (2018)
• Souffle #1 (feat. Archie Shepp) — Naïssam Jalal (2025)
• Amerikkan Skin — Lakecia Benjamin (2023)
• End of Innocence — Shabaka Hutchings (2024)
• Yehlisan'uMoya — Nduduzo Makhathini (2020)
• Batum — Maffy Falay & Sevda (1972)
• Back to the Moon — Thomas de Pourquery Supersonic (2021)
• Won't You Open Up Your Senses — Tyreek McDole (2025)
• Sun Meditation — Ola Tunji (2026)
• Blues For Swami Turiya — Ola Tunji (2026)
• Ol' Time African Gods — Shabaka Hutchings (2026)

Sources

• EN : Spiritual jazz

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