Unknown, Bhairava Raga, Pahari, Nurpur, c.1690. Courtesy of the Claudio Moscatelli Collection and Matthew Hollow Photography and via

Spiritual jazz (or astral jazz)[1] is a sub-genre of jazz that originated in the United States during the 1960s. The genre is hard to characterize musically but draws from free, avant-garde and modal jazz and thematically focuses on transcendence and spirituality. John Coltrane's 1965 album A Love Supreme is considered landmark in the genre.

Origins

Pharoah Sanders in 1981.

Critics usually associate spiritual jazz with the 1960s but the beginnings of the genre can be traced to the 1940s and 1950s in works such as Black, Brown and Beige by Duke Ellington, Zodiac Suite by Mary Lou Williams, and Jazz at the Vespers by George Lewis.

During the 1960s in the United States, the civil rights movement was occurring,��causing societal change and political movements. As a result, African-American people gained more freedom to celebrate their culture and to express themselves religiously. This led to a desire to push the conventions of jazz, with some artists choosing to search for transcendence and spirituality in their music.

John Coltrane's 1965 album A Love Supreme is generally considered the genesis of spiritual jazz though Coltrane can be heard developing the sound on the song "Spiritual" recorded four years earlier. Treblezine wrote "Spiritual jazz begins, essentially, with John Coltrane," while Pitchfork wrote "This musical exploration [of spirituality] was epitomized by tenor saxophonist John Coltrane". A Love Supreme and other works by John Coltrane inspired other jazz musicians to create music searching for transcendence. For example, Pharoah Sanders and Don Cherry were considered to have taken inspiration from Coltrane's spiritual works.

After John Coltrane's death in 1967, his wife Alice Coltrane and Sanders—both who had previously played with Coltrane—were some of the first to continue the sound of the genre. Coltrane's 1971 album Journey in Satchidananda combined spiritual jazz with influences from Hindustani classical music, after her journey into spirituality with help from Swami Satchidananda. Journey in Satchidananda used ragas, harps, sitars, and ouds to achieve its sound. Pharoah Sanders took inspiration from Arabic, Indian, and Afro-Cuban music to create early spiritual jazz albums, including Tauhid (1967) and Karma

Ghazals and ragas>>>>>>>

udayaravichandrika is a such a good example of an oxymoron! (udayaravichandrika is a carnatic raga btw). like udayaravi means rising sun while chandrika means moonlight

Jaffar Hussain Randhawa unfurls raags on a foggy winter afternoon from the rooftop of his house in Shahdara, Fatima Al Qadiri pairs up with her fellow Kuwaiti vocalist Gumar for an homage to lamentation singing as restive airs ruminate around the theme of unrequited love, and Kalia Vandever finds a sonorous bridge between cosmic jazz in the devotional vein of Turiya Sings by Alice Coltrane and ‘The Anchor Song’ by Björk, shafts of light stretching homeward to dispel the tenebrous gloom. Plus Jane Ira Bloom, Mark Helias, and Bobby Previte, Julian Lage, and Seljuk Rustum.

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Cinematic parallels?

Shakti John mclaughlin Guitar Concepts Part 2

Shakti Guitar Concepts Part 2

 CLICK SUBSCRIBE! Shakti John Mclaughlin Guitar Concepts Part 2 Please watch video above for in depth explanation: With Alternate Picking it is essential to hear the rhythm so that your brain can process what you are about to play. Shakti John Mclaughlin Guitar Concepts Part 2 It is essential to still hear the “Ta Ka Di Mi” or “1 e and a” etc when there is silence or a rest. That way you…

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Director said "take five", but Himaruya heard "change lives"

LIVES WERE CHANGED WITH FRANCE'S NEW LOOK OMG HOW IS HE SO BEAUTIFUL

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What else can we say? Our definition of Nick Walters is fresh sounds and exceptional musical talent. That’s a given. He returns to his D.O.T. imprint with a limited edition 10″, featuring a selection of two ragas recorded in collaboration with Pakistani musicians Kashif Ali Dhani (tabla) and Muzamil Hussain (sarod). Highly recommended.

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