Time to get deep.

Charting the amorphous genre of spiritual jazz, Black Classical’s twelve-hour mix spans from 1957 through to 2012, when it was recorded.

A vast sonic piece of documentation, it features pioneers Sun Ra, John & Alice Coltrane, Don Cherry and Pharoah Sanders, alongside South African songstress Letta Mbulu, Brazilian percussion maestro Airto, early incarnations of Earth, Wind & Fire and the great Gil Scott-Heron.

The session is now available in four parts via NTS Radio.

Black Classical - History of Spiritual Jazz Part 1

Black Classical - History of Spiritual Jazz Part 2

Black Classical - History of Spiritual Jazz Part 3

Black Classical - History of Spiritual Jazz Part 4