Various - Spiritual Jazz 19 - West Coast USA Part 1: 50s & 60s

Jazzman’s Spiritual Jazz 19 turns to the underground sounds of America’s West Coast, with Part 1 surveying the 1950s and 1960s across fourteen tracks. Chico Hamilton, Victor Feldman, Curtis Amy, Harold Land and Charles Lloyd feature in a selection that follows modal and spiritual currents running alongside the region’s better-known cool jazz scene. The compilation places these recordings within the wider story of California’s musicians, independent labels and changing cultural life.

Blue Sands, Shaker Heights and Dervish Dance are among the pieces gathered here, connecting exploratory playing with the rhythmic drive of the period. This separate double-LP volume comes in a gatefold sleeve with liner notes, photographs and a download code; Part 2 continues the story into the following two decades.

Format: 2LP, gatefold sleeve with liner notes, photographs and download code
Label: Jazzman
Catalogue number: JMANLP151
Genre / Style: Jazz / Spiritual Jazz / Modal Jazz

Tracklist

1. Chico Hamilton Quintet - Blue Sands
2. Victor Feldman - New Delhi
3. Hank Bagby - Iborian
4. Les McCann - Damascus
5. Ken Jensen Quartet - Cheap Blue
6. Buddy Collette - Jungle Pipe
7. Earl Anderza - Outa Sight
8. Curtis Amy - Shaker Heights
9. Roy Haynes - Wives And Lovers
10. Curtis Amy & Dupree Bolton - Native Land
11. Mills Monarchs Of Jazz - My! Oh! My!
12. Harold Land - Timetable
13. Now Creative Arts Ensemble - Pretty Good
14. Charles Lloyd - Dervish Dance