The Spiritual

Released

1969

Recorded

June 26, 1969

Tutankhamun
(1969)

The Spiritual
(1969)

People in Sorrow
(1969)

The Spiritual is an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in 1969 for the Freedom label as the same sesioons that produced Tutankhamun. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut.

Track listing

"Toro" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 8:30
"Lori Song" (Joseph Jarman) - 3:58
"That the Evening the Sky Fell Through the Glass Wall and We Stood Alone" (Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman) - 6:00
"The Spiritual" (Mitchell) - 20:06

Art Ensemble of Chicago

Joseph Jarman Roscoe Mitchell Fontella Bass Lester Bowie Malachi Favors Don Moye Phillip Wilson

Studio albums	The Alternate Express America – South Africa Ancient to the Future Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass Art Ensemble of Soweto Certain Blacks Chi-Congo Coming Home Jamaica Congliptious Dreaming of the Masters Suite Early Combinations Eda Wobu Fanfare for the Warriors Full Force Go Home A Jackson in Your House Les Stances a Sophie The Meeting Message to Our Folks Naked Nice Guys Nonaah Numbers 1 & 2 Old/Quartet People in Sorrow Phase One Reese and the Smooth Ones Sirius Calling The Spiritual Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters Series Vol. 2 The Third Decade Tribute to Lester Tutankhamun

Live albums	Among the People Bap-Tizum The Complete Live in Japan Fundamental Destiny Kabalaba Live at Mandell Hall Live at the 6th Tokyo Music Joy Live in Berlin Live in Paris Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City Reunion Salutes the Chicago Blues Tradition Urban Bushmen Urban Magic