LF: Spiritual Jazz 7: Islam (Jazzman comp) - on *CD*

[Rooster_Ties]

I think(?) I've got every volume in this series, 1 through 6, and I just ordered vol 8 from The Bastards.  But I somehow never saw vol 7 (specifically on CD) at any point, or if I did, I missed out.  Here's the item description from Dusty...

https://www.dustygroove.com/item/829928

Spiritual Jazz 7 – Modal, Esoteric, & Progressive Jazz Inspired By Islam 1957 to 1988

• Maybe one of the most spiritual entries in this amazing series of jazz – and that's really saying a lot, as you might guess from the title! The tracks here all take inspiration from Islam, but are mostly American recordings overall – the kinds of open, deeply soulful sounds that were first ignited by John Coltrane's Love Supreme, then carried forth by a generation of free thinkers who were also drawing other inspiration from points that were far from their American roots. There's a freshness to this music that still holds up fantastically all these many years later – and in the instrumental setting of most tracks, the spiritual inspiration is voiced by incredible rhythms, soulful reed work, and warmly-interwoven strands of sounds on the tunes. The track selection is superb – and titles include "Kalahari Suite" by Emmanuel Abdul Rahim, "Uhuru" by Creative Arts Ensemble, "Morning" by Yusef Lateef, "The Camel" by Idrees & Jamilia Sulieman, "Nus" by Sabu Martinez & Sahib Shihab, "Taumbu" by Dawan Muhammad, "Nadusilma" by Ahmed Abdul Malik, "Ah Ya Zen" by Abdelrahama Elkhatib, "Mevlana" by East New York Ensemble De Musique, "Africanos/Latinos" by Kahil El Zabar's Ritual Trio with Pharoah Sanders, and "Humility In The Light Of The Creator (alt version)" by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre.

 

Anyone got a line on a decently priced one on CD? - either from a US source, or without excessive overseas shipping?  Thanks!!

Edited March 30, 2018 by Rooster_Ties

[ghost of miles]

I bought mine at Landlocked here in Bloomington--I'll call and see if they ever got it back in on restock.

EDIT:  I just called and Jason says they don't have it anymore--"way out of print."  He thinks it may be repressed at some point, though.

Edited March 30, 2018 by ghost of miles

[Rooster_Ties]

Thanks Ghost,

Can't swear I've ever seen this one actually in stock (on CD, that is) -- the vinyl, on the other hand, seems not to be so impossible to find.

I never was searching for it fanatically around the time it was supposed to come out -- but I *thought* I had an automatic email set up for it, via Dusty -- which I don't know that I ever got.

Volume 8 *JUST* came into stock at Dusty last week, and they immediately were out of stock on it barely 48 hours later -- so when I saw it was back in stock yesterday, I jumped on Vol 8 last night (along with a bunch of other stuff).

Such a cool series, very well curated for the most part.

[Marzz]

Just in case you haven't already done so, you could try contacting Jazzman UK directly. Never know what they have laying around. I've had luck this way with out of print titles.

Edited March 30, 2018 by Marzz

[clifford_thornton]

looks like it pops up on eBay and Discogs from time to time, not expensive at all.

[ghost of miles]

I’ll keep my eye out for it, RT. In the meantime, your thread inspired me to hoof it down to Landlocked yesterday and snap up the volumes that I didn’t already have—2, 3, and 5, as well as the brand-new V. 8.

[JSngry]

There's a new V8? They finally got rid of the watercress, hopefully?

[Rooster_Ties]

V7 came safe and sound to my mailbox on Thursday.  What a wonderful collection!  I listened to it 2-3 times, and then Vols 1-4 this weekend, and hope to spin 5-6 & 8 over the next week or two.  It's 8 volumes, but 10 CD's (so far) -- two are doubles (v4 & v8).

Really an impressive series of VA discs.

[Stefan Wood]

Did you get the Japanese volume?

 

[Rooster_Ties]

41 minutes ago, Stefan Wood said:

Did you get the Japanese volume?

 

Oh yeah, and vol 8 (the all Japanese volume) is 2cd's too (just like vol 4).

Damn good, most of it.

Just love this whole series. Not every single last track, but 75% of every disc is great!

[ghost of miles]

2 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

Oh yeah, and vol 8 (the all Japanese volume) is 2cd's too (just like vol 4).

Damn good, most of it.

Just love this whole series. Not every single last track, but 75% of every disc is great!

Fantastic series, I agree!  I hope there are more volumes to come.