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"Pharoah Sanders' music has been called "spiritual jazz" due to his inspiration in religious concepts such as Indian karma and Islamic tawhid on Karma and Tauhid, and his rich, meditative aesthetic."--Sholem Stein


"Kozmigroov is a transgressive improvisational music which combines elements of psychedelia, spirituality, rock, soul, funk, and African, Latin, Brazilian, Indian and Asian influences [...] The social revolution of the 1960s called into question the whole function of music in a social and cultural framework. The rebellious youth culture sought in music an outlet for expression freed from the rules and boundaries set by previous generations. A newly self-aware African-American community sought in music a reconnection to African roots and heritage, as well as the forging of new cultural identities. And finally, dissatisfied by religious institutions that seemed ossified and abstract, millions undertook a spiritual quest, exploring the ideas of religions and philosophies from around the globe, especially those that offered the intensity of religious ecstasy combined with the tranquility of meditation."--Ian Scott Horst, [Aug 2006]

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Spiritual jazz or Kozmigroov refers to a style of jazz related to free jazz and space jazz and exemplified by the recordings of American label Strata-East Records. According to Ian Scott Horst, the genre's history starts with John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, which was recorded in late 1964 and invoked the ecstatic spirit of non-Western religious tradition.

The genre is influenced by Afrocentrism and mysticism on the one hand and world music traditions such as Islamic, Brazilian, Hindustani and Carnatic music on the other. The connection between jazz and religion was not new however, since it had previously been present in jazz via Christianity and its influence via spirituals.

Gato Barbieri, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, John McLaughlin, Pharoah Sanders, Lonnie Liston Smith, Leon Thomas and McCoy Tyner have been called spiritual jazz at some point.

Labels are Strata-East Records, Tribe Records, Black Jazz Records, Perception Records and Inner City Records.

Kozmigroov - The A-List

From [1] Doug Watson's Kozmigroov page

Airto - Free, Horace Arnold - Tales of the Exonerated Flea, Association P.C. - Erna Morena, David Axelrod - Seriously Deep, Roy Ayers - Ubiquity, Roy Ayers - Live At Montreux, Black Renaissance - Body, Mind And Spirit, Donald Byrd - Electric Byrd, Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights, Ian Carr (Nucleus) - Belladonna, Arnold Cheatham - Thing, Don Cherry - Brown Rice, Billy Cobham - Shabazz, Alice Coltrane - Ptah the El Daoud, Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda, Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness, Alice Coltrane - World Galaxy, Alice Coltrane - Lord of Lords, Chick Corea - Return to Forever, Chick Corea - Light as a Feather, Wolfgang Dauner - Output, Wolfgang Dauner - Knirsch, Miles Davis - In a Silent Way, Miles Davis - Bitches Brew, Miles Davis - Big Fun, Miles Davis - Jack Johnson, Miles Davis - Live-Evil, Miles Davis - On the Corner, Miles Davis - In Concert, Miles Davis - Get Up With It, Miles Davis - Dark Magus, Miles Davis - Agharta, Miles Davis - Pangaea, Jack DeJohnette - Sorcery, George Duke - The Inner Source, George Duke - Faces in Reflection, Charles Earland - Dynamite Brothers, Fourth Way - Werwolf, Hal Galper - The Guerilla Band, Steve Grossman - Some Shapes to Come, Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi, Herbie Hancock - Crossings, Herbie Hancock - Sextant, Herbie Hancock - Headhunters, Herbie Hancock - Thrust, Jon Hassell - Earthquake Island, Headhunters - Survival of the Fittest, Eddie Henderson - Realization, Eddie Henderson - Inside Out, Eddie Henderson - Sunburst, Eddie Henderson - Heritage, Joe Henderson - Black Is the Color, Joe Henderson - The Elements, The Keyboard Circle - Keyboard Circle, Masabumi Kikuchi - Wishes/Kochi, Dave Liebman - Drum Ode, Love Cry Want - Love Cry Want, Bennie Maupin - Slow Traffic to the Right, Les McCann - Invitation to Openness, Les McCann - Layers, John McLaughlin - Devotion, Marc Moulin - Sam Suffy, Marc Moulin/Placebo - Placebo Sessions, Alphonse Mouzon - The Essence of Mystery, Mtume - Rebirth Cycle, Teruo Nakamura - Unicorn, Nucleus - We'll Talk About It Later, Oneness of Juju - African Rhythms, Oneness of Juju - Space Jungle Love, Jaco Pastorius - Jaco, Phantom City - Shiva Recoil, Barre Phillips - Mountainscapes, Terry Plumeri - He Who Lives in Many Places, Julian Priester - Love, Love, George Russell - Electronic Sonatas For Souls Loved By Nature, Pharoah Sanders - Karma, Pharoah Sanders - Jewels of Thought, Pharoah Sanders - Summun Bukmun Umyun, Pharoah Sanders - Thembi, Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity, Lonnie Liston Smith - Astral Travelling, Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions, Smoke - Everything, Sun Ra - Space Is the Place, Sun Ra - Lanquidity, Michal Urbaniak - Constellation in Concert, Michal Urbaniak - The Beginning, Miroslav Vitous - Mountain in the Clouds, Miroslav Vitous - Magical Shepherd, Leroy Vinnegar - The Kid, Weather Report - Weather Report, Weather Report - Live in Tokyo, Weather Report - Sweetnighter, Buster Williams - Pinnacle, The Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency!, The Tony Williams Lifetime - Turn It Over, The Tony Williams Lifetime - Ego, The Tony Williams Lifetime - The Old Bum's Rush, Larry Young - Lawrence of Newark

Spiritual Jazz is a series of compilation albums on Jazzman Records consisting of spiritual jazz recordings. As of 2020, there were about 13 volumes.

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