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Spiritual Jazz 14: Private
Various Spiritual Jazz 14: Private
Format: LP Type: Compilation
Labels: Jazzman
Genre: Jazz
Release Year: 2023
EAN/UPC: 5036468001377
€28.90

While the string of legendary independent labels, from Blue Note and Prestige to Steeplechase and Impulse! loom large in our ­Spiritual Jazz catalogue, our latest installment concerns the brave and innovative souls who acted 'privately', recording and releasing their music without the aid or involvement of a bona fide record company. Making a custom, private press record on your own, without the backing, status and business acumen of an established record company to help out is no mean feat, but it never really was difficult - it's just a matter of spending money - but the tricky bit, which remains to this day, is what to do exactly with a pallet load of vinyl that's just been delivered to your door?

Sales and distribution never was easy, and getting it right requires imagination, enthusiasm, dedication, hard work and a more than a little luck. Even for the professionals it's proved immensely difficult at times; perhaps that's why so many private press records remain so obscure and elusive to this day.

Herein we examine a variety of tracks from a selection of privately pressed jazz records, released in the US between 1964 and 1987. One of the most interesting things we've found while researching this album is the variety of reasons behind coming up with a self-released record. No two stories are the same; some were done purely out of altruism to further the musical direction of students, others were simply trying to make it big, albeit on their own terms. But one solid truth remains that binds together each and every selection here – the artists didn't just make their music for the fun of it, they believed in their art so much that they took whatever steps they had available to them at the time, to get their music heard.

In keeping with the DIY ethos of private pressings, each LP and CD has their covers stamped by hand, meaning no two copies are exactly alike. And as always with our Spiritual Jazz series of albums, each comes with liner notes and pics, in this case direct from the artists themselves. Jazzman - We Dig Deeper!

This album is dedicated to the memory of Mr Ernest Clark, b. 4 July 1947, d. 3 June 2023

TRACKS:
01. Erni Clark - By The Grace Of God, I Am
02. Elysian Spring - Lotus
03. Radam Schwartz - Middle Eastern Fantasy
04. Mary Lou Williams - Communion Song: The World
05. Carmelo Garcia - Ethiopia
06. Black Is ---- - Themes & Variations
07. Cullen Knight - A'Keem (Brother)
08. Don Menza - Spanish Boots
09. Belair - Morning Rainwalk
10. Andrew McPherson - Delilah
11. Almanac - Symbiosis
12. Owen Marshall - Evolove
13. Bobby Jackson - Desiree Song
14. Compass - Pharoah's Thing

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