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v/a - spiritual jazz volume 4 - jazzman - cd

Genre: Jazz - Spiritual / Cosmic & Soul Jazz

1. Studie Nr. 1 für 12-saitige Gitarre - Pierre Cavalli ft. Sahib Shihab
2. Jazz Rule - Johnny Hawksworth & Hampton Hawes
3. Born & Shake - Clarence Peters
4. The Call - Sahib Shihab
5. Enlightenment - Sun Ra
6. Summertime - Albert Ayler
7. Mode for Trane - Billy Gault
8. T and W - Frank Wright Sextet
9. When - Grachan Moncur III
10. Humus - Don Cherry & the New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra
11. Five, Four and Three - Lee Konitz
12. Olé - Noah Howard Group
13. The Creators - Bobby Hutcherson & Harold Land Sextet
14. Springtime - Eric Dolphy

It's well known that throughout the 20th century, fed up with poor working conditions and racism in their home country, many American jazz musicians chose to leave the US in order to live and work in Europe. What's less well known is how their music developed and evolved during their time on the continent, and how the experience of being a musician in Europe was to shape their respective lives. Here a selection of tracks presented on a triple pack pressing by various musicians who crossed the Atlantic !

Over the years countless jazz concerts, festivals and recordings featuring American jazz musicians have taken place all over Europe, yet it's remarkable how few of these musical artifacts have been evaluated by the jazz community. Jazzman seeks to assess the European experiences of the American jazzmen, with a specific focus on the progressive sounds of modal jazz and the avant garde and examining the recordings made by those who crossed the Atlantic just to take in a short tour, as well as those who made more frequent trips, and of course those for whom Europe ultimately became their permanent place of residence.