Spirit of the New Land cover

Spirit of the New Land

Released

The vast realm of “spiritual jazz” can also be called jazz in the wake of the Coltranes, or maybe post-Ayler, all of which is to say it is the sense of an invocation that comes into play here. I’m not sure there is non-spiritual jazz—who hasn’t felt the presence of God when listening to Bird or Monk?—but sure there is a big chunk of important music that came into being that borrows a sense of procedure from Coltrane, a primarily spiritual musician. The Carns lead with electric piano and voice, and fill it in with sensitive arrangements that surge and fall back and find a way of containing freedom without stifling it.

Sasha Frere-Jones

Recommended by

Suggestions
Revelation cover

Revelation

Jean Carn, Doug Carn
Keeper of My Soul cover

Keeper of My Soul

Walter Bishop Jr.
The Oracle cover

The Oracle

Angel Bat Dawid
Soundmagnificat cover

Soundmagnificat

Fitz Gore & the Talismen
Keep Reachin' Up cover

Keep Reachin' Up

Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators
Kawaida cover

Kawaida

Kuumba-Toudie Heath
Make the Road by Walking cover

Make the Road by Walking

Menahan Street Band