Spiritual jazz

Spiritual jazz
Kamasi Washington playing the saxophone
Contemporary spiritual jazz musician Kamasi Washington performing
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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.[2][3] John Coltrane's 1965 album A Love Supreme is considered landmark in the genre.[4][2]

  1. ^ uDiscover Team (May 12, 2022). "Spiritual Jazz: Music On A Higher Plane". uDiscover Music. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Beta, Andy (September 25, 2015). "Astral Traveling: The Ecstasy of Spiritual Jazz". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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  4. ^ Staff (April 13, 2017). "10 Essential Spiritual Jazz Albums". Treble. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2022.