The Spiritual TSOV-161 It's packaged in a gatefold

It's packaged in a gatefold jacket with lyrics

and tend to offset whatever darker tone the lyrics might imply

and often politicized figure

The whole album is full of weird beats

The Spiritual TSOV-161 It's packaged in a gatefoldThe Spiritual, a free jazz album recorded by The Art Ensemble of Chicago in 1974, finds the group of stellar musicians at their creative peak. With various types of percussion, though the absence of a traditional drummer, the ensemble is able to create vivid, freeing compositions without the confines of conventional structure. The quartet, consisting of Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, and Malachi Favors, explore the depths of Avant Garde