The Spiritual

The Spiritual is an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in 1969 for the Freedom label as the same sessions that produced Tutankhamun.[1][2] It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut.

This article is about the Art Ensemble of Chicago album. For similar uses, see Spiritual.
The Spiritual
Studio album by
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Released1969
RecordedJune 26, 1969
StudioPolydor Studios (Dames II), Paris, France
GenreJazz
Length38:34
LabelFreedom
Black Lion Records
ProducerAlan Bates, Chris Whent
Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology
Tutankhamun
(1969)		 The Spiritual
(1969)		 People in Sorrow
(1969)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review stated "this stunning 1974 album, The Spiritual, finds the Art Ensemble of Chicago at their artistic height. Reduced to an unusual drummerless quartet for this session (reedsmen Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell, horn player Lester Bowie and bassist/banjo player Malachi Favors all double on various types of percussion), the group explores one of the main stems of jazz, New Orleans gospel and second-line music, without sacrificing its freer sounds. Indeed, without a traditional drummer, the group is free to play at its most unrestrained, unfettered by conventions of tempo".[3]

Track listing
  1. "Toro" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 8:30
  2. "Lori Song" (Joseph Jarman) - 3:58
  3. "That the Evening the Sky Fell Through the Glass Wall and We Stood Alone Somewhere?" (Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman) - 6:00
  4. "The Spiritual" (Mitchell) - 20:06

Personnel

References
  1. Art Ensemble of Chicago discography accessed 22, July, 2009
  2. Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography, accessed November 26, 2017
  3. The Spiritual – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
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