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In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday May 24th, 2023 with Natalie McGrath
Spiritual Jazz

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In this session of in a mellow tone, host Natalie McGrath taps into the divine by covering Spiritual Jazz. After the fast and frenetic work of Bebop in the 1950s, the Spiritual Jazz movement (otherwise known as astral jazz), emerged in the 1960s. It was one of the most experimental periods in jazz history, pushing the boundaries of form and instrumentation with abstract expressions. Astral Jazz features musical frameworks that draw upon a diverse set of faiths and limitless philosophies such as Eastern Mysticism, Zen philosophy, Egyptian Mythology, Catholicism and Buddhism. The genre lies somewhere on the spectrum between avant-garde jazz and free jazz. Tune in to listen to some jazz that will connect you to your higher self!
A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Impulse! Records
A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Impulse! Records
A Love Supreme, Pt. 3: Pursuance
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Impulse! Records
A Love Supreme, Pt. 4: Psalm
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Impulse! Records
Change of the Guard
Kamasi Washington - The Epic - Brainfeeder Records
Clair de Lune
Kamasi Washington - The Epic - Brainfeeder Records
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
Pharoah Sanders - Tauhid - Impulse! Records
Is Not All One?
Tony Scott - Music For Zen Meditation - Verve Records
The Murmuring Sound of the Mountain Stream
Tony Scott - Music For Zen Meditation - Verve Records
Isis and Osiris
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda - Impulse! Records
Journey in Satchidananda
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda - Impulse! Records
The Lady with the Golden Stockings
Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra - The Nubians of Plutonia - El Saturn Records
Moonship Journey
Sun Ra - Cosmos - Cobra
Interactive CKCU
hillbilly
I remember asking about Spiritual Jazz.....so I'm gonna be around.... & Thanks, much.

8:17 PM, May 24th, 2023
Heavy Ben
Hillbilly, yeah you did last month when I was playing spiritual jazz. Hope you are diggin' it.

9:21 PM, May 24th, 2023
Heavy Ben
Hey Natalie, great tunes... some of my faves!

9:21 PM, May 24th, 2023
Host: Natalie McGrath
Hey hillbilly! Glad you’ve made it to the spiritual jazz episode! Hope you like what we have to offer tonight.

9:24 PM, May 24th, 2023
Host: Natalie McGrath
Hey Ben! Glad you’re tuning in - Thanks so much! I’m sure there’s a lot more spiritual jazz music you could show me, there’s so much out there!

9:27 PM, May 24th, 2023
Dave A
Some killer faves on this program...thanks Natalie!

9:58 PM, May 24th, 2023
Host: Natalie McGrath
Super stoked to hear that Dave! :) really appreciate it!

10:07 PM, May 24th, 2023
hillbilly
I like to think all music - jazz for sure - is a form of praying.......🙏🌹

10:26 PM, May 24th, 2023
hillbilly
lookin' around while.... there is a John Coltrane Church in San Fran....

10:33 PM, May 24th, 2023
Host: Natalie McGrath
That’s a great way of putting it hillbilly. I’ve always found myself connected to music in some sort of spiritual or divine way…It’s the universal language of life!🎶🙏🏼

10:34 PM, May 24th, 2023
Host: Natalie McGrath
That is so cool how there’s a church named after Coltrane. Really goes to show how inspiring A Love Supreme was and still is to many…he believed music was a force for good, and how his devotion to music was his gift to the divine. Truly beautiful🥺

10:39 PM, May 24th, 2023
hb
U-2! Divine!;-)

10:48 PM, May 24th, 2023