The Spiritual

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Released 1969 Artist Art Ensemble of Chicago Label Freedom Records		Recorded June 26, 1969 Release date 1969 Genre Jazz

The Spiritual(1969) People in Sorrow(1969) Similar Tutankhamun, Chi‑Congo, Eda Wobu, Live at Mandell Hall, Reese and the Smooth Ones

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

Track listing

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

Recorded June 26, 1969 in Paris

Lester Bowie: trumpet, percussion instruments

Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments, vocals

Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments

Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments

1Toro8:28
2Lori Song3:58
3That the Evening Sky Fell Through the Glass Wall and We Stood Alone Somewhere?6:01

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