I’m going to get into Soul Jazz, its place in the tapestry of resistance and its connection to George Jackson and the black power movement.
We’ll venture into the ethereal landscapes of Spiritual Jazz, a genre molded by the quest for transference and spirituality in a world marked by turbulence.
Here is the African American Timeline of Music for reference
PANSY: A BLACK AMERICAN MEMOIR by Jasper Joyner
If you are interested in Ragas check out this TikToker Pria Khil who composes them to keep Carnatic music alive and contemporary.
Playlist
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I Love Music by Ahmad Jamal Trio on The Awakening (UMG) -
Troubles of the World (2008 Remaster) [Rudy Van Gelder Edition] by Stanley Turrentine on Dearly Beloved (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (Blue Note) -
Give Me The Simple Life by Shirley Scott on Blue Seven (Remastered 2000) [feat. Oliver Nelson & Joe Newman] (Prestige, Concord) - Break
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Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock on Head Hunter (Sony) -
Belle Isle by Yusef Lateef on Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42' 30' Longitude 83' (Atlantic, Rhino, Warner) - Break
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Blues for Brother George Jackson by Archie Shepp & Romulus Franceschini on Attica Blues (UMG) -
Absolutions by Max Roach on Members Don't Get Weary (Atlantic, Rhino, Warner) -
Dust by Dorothy Ashby on The Rubáiyát Of Dorothy Ashby (Geffen, UMG) - Break
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Shiva-Loka (feat. Pharoah Sanders) by Alice Coltrane on Journey in Satchidananda (GRP) -
Relativity Suite: Part I by Don Cherry, Bengt Berger & Christer Bothen on Organic Music Society (Caprice) - Break
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Where Are We Going? by Donald Byrd on Uptown Jazz (UMG) -
Astral Traveling by Pharoah Sanders on Thembi (UMG) -
In Search Of Truth by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes on Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds: The Flying Dutchman Masters (Ace) -
Heaven and Hell by Dorothy Ashby on The Rubáiyát Of Dorothy Ashby (A Geffen Records Release; ℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.)