June-19th-2007, 03:06 PM
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Buddha Jazz
I have a friend who is a serious yoga practitioner and teacher and a devoted Buddhist who overheard me playing a Joseph Jarman album called "Lifetime Visions." It features a song called "Hail We Now Sing Joy" (the same song is on an Art Ensemble of Chicago album too):
Hail we now sing joy
For the Mighty Dharma King
For the one who stops and holds
All the elements of despair...
She loved it and would like to hear more that's similar, so I thought I'd put together an iTunes playlist for her. Anyone have any suggestions for other songs I might add? Can you recommend any more free jazz that's spiritual, contemplative, and/or life-affirming -- and will serve as a good intro for a newbie into a whole new world of sounds? Explicit references to Buddhism may be nice but are not necessary.
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June-19th-2007, 03:08 PM
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June-19th-2007, 03:09 PM
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June-19th-2007, 03:10 PM
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June-19th-2007, 03:11 PM
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June-19th-2007, 06:14 PM
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Have you listened to Kurt Elling's version of Coltrane's "Resolution" (from "A Love Supreme")? It's on the Elling CD "Man in the Air". Elling wrote the lyrics to the music; they're amazing, a prayer to all the Gods/Goddesses coupled with a tale about the rebirth of humanity.
Plus Alice Coltrane of course:
Pharoah Sanders' "Karma" and "Black Unity":
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre's - "Humility in the Light of the Creator":
Several of Jarrett's could apply too ("Sacred Hymns of Gurdjieff", "Changeless", etc.):
 
"In A Silent Way" always brings me religious feelings. Also several of our own Dennis Gonzalez' albums (specially "Hymn for the Perfect Heart of a Pearl", "Welcome to Us", and of his recent output the piece "Camel" off "A Measure of Vision"). And if your friend hasn't listened to Ellington's or Mary Lou Williams' sacred pieces she's in for a treat!
Last edited by Gerardo A; June-19th-2007 at 06:25 PM.
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June-19th-2007, 09:26 PM
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Plus ça change...
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Cue Pete for a line on "spirituality."
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June-20th-2007, 02:55 AM
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June-21st-2007, 12:16 AM
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Pharoah Sanders - With a Heartbeat (no lyrics... the "rhythm section" is the beating of a human heart...)
Don Cherry - Multikulti (probably hard to find but worth the search)
Neither of these discs is directly related to Buddhism. I get a very strong Buddhist feeling from them though. And, by the way, I am a practicing Buddhist myself.
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June-21st-2007, 01:20 AM
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David Budbill/William Parker/Hamid Drake - Songs for a Suffering World
("A Buddhist Prayer" and "While We've Still Got Feet" are the pieces that really resonate with me but it's all good.)
David Budbill/William Parker - Zen Mountains, Zen Streets
(The closing track on disc two titled "Bugs in a Bowl..." is a kick.)
The Jack Kerouac Collection
(The "Blues and Haikus" selections are particularly fine.)
Philip Glass/Allen Ginsberg - Hydrogen Jukebox
(This obviously has little if anything to do with jazz. Personally, I have some problems with the choral interpretations of Ginsberg's poetry, but I love his duo performance with Glass on piano of "From Wichita Vortex Sutra.")
Last edited by Bill Barton; June-22nd-2007 at 12:18 AM.
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June-21st-2007, 01:41 AM
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dirty antipodal jackalope
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Not jazz, either, but a very zen rock album - Gene Clark's No Other:
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Kenny no longer on the radio. Seeking radio station that isn't so pigeonhole-bound that it can't handle an approach that takes in Louis Armstrong, Sun Ra, the Grateful Dead and Bob Wills.
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June-21st-2007, 02:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Barton
The Jack Kerouac Collection
(The "Blues and Haikus" selections are particularly fine.)
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