The Art of Spiritual Jazz

May 3, 2016
By Red Bull Music Academy

The only thing that matched the cosmic intensity of the jazz being made in the ’60s and ’70s were the graphics that accompanied it. In this collection of album covers, you can easily imagine the music contained within. Feast your eyes on the lysergic, psychedelic designs of spiritual jazz, past and present, below.

Strata-East Records, 1972
Strut Records, 2016
Verve Records, 1992
Impulse! Records, 1969
Atlantic Records, 1977
Cobra, 1976
El Saturn Records, 1965
Brainfeeder, 2015
El Saturn Records, 1959
AUM Fidelity, 2011
ESP-Disk, 2007
Blue Note Records, 1972
El Saturn Records, 1979
Black Jazz Records, 1972
Black Jazz Records, 1998
Black Jazz Records, 1974
DIW Records, 1995
ESP-Disk, 1965
ESP-Disk, 2007
Theresa Records, 1980
Blue Note Records, 1968
Axiom, 1991
Impulse! Records, 1970
El Saturn Records, 1979
Impulse! Records, 1972
Impulse! Records, 1967



Artwork curated by Eugene Reznik. Top Photo: Portrait of Albert Ayler in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1969; made with Aerochrome infrared film. © Elliott Landy

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