A1. Tony Scott & The Indonesian Allstars – Gambang Suling
A2. The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine – Little Lady
A3. Nathan Davis – Evolution
B1. Dave Pike Set – Raga Jeeva Swara
B2. Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls – Matsuri No Genzo
B3. The Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet – Never Let It End
C1. Orchester Roland Kovac – Blue Dance
C2. Fritz Pauer – Gratuliere - Movement A
C3. The Joachim Kühn Group – Depression And Illusion
C4. George Gruntz – Hightime Keepsakes
D1. Pedro Iturralde Quintet feat. Paco De Lucía – Veleta De Tu Viento
D2. The Jef Gilson Nonet – Suite Pour San Remo: Ouverture

ドイツのSABAとMPSレーベルは、1960年代から70年代にかけて、世界中のジャズミュージシャンの作品を多数リリースし、その多様性と革新性で知られている。『Spiritual Jazz 17: SABA/MPS』は、これらのレーベルが発信したエスオセリック、モーダル、プログレッシブなジャズを集めたコンピレーションアルバムで、アメリカ、ヨーロッパ、カリブ海地域、極東からのアーティストたちの貴重なトラックが収められている。

収録アーティストには、アメリカからElvin Jones、Nathan Davis、Dave Pike、ヨーロッパからPedro Iturralde、Jef Gilson、George Gruntz、そして日本からHideo Shirakiが名を連ね、その多彩な音楽性を堪能できる。各トラックは、スウィング、ブルース、バップ、アヴァンギャルド、フュージョン、そしてスピリチュアル・ジャズと、スタイルを超えた豊かな表現が広がっている。

このアルバムは、SABAとMPSレーベルの歴史と哲学を深く掘り下げたライナーノーツとともに、最新のリマスター技術で再発されており、ジャズ愛好家やコレクターにとって必携の一枚となっている。その音楽的遺産は時を超えて輝き続け、今なお多くのリスナーに感動を与え続けている。

High quality music to be enjoyed by many people all around the world, no matter where they are' Andreas Brunner-Schwer, MPS Records

The German SABA and MPS family of labels extended this sentiment to include music from musicians all around the world, no matter where they were from - and here on Spiritual Jazz 17 SABA MPS we explore that very theme.

Throughout the '60s & '70s both labels released a wealth of music from a wealth of international jazz musicians coming from both North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean and the Far East. The aim was to release jazz that was exciting, innovative and interesting, regardless of style: there was swing, blues, bop, avant-garde, fusion – and spiritual jazz. Plurality became a defining feature and the immense breadth of their output made both SABA and MPS worthy European counterparts to American imprints such as Blue Note and Impulse.

On Spiritual Jazz 17 SABA MPS we feature, among others, international contributions from Americans Elvin Jones, Nathan Davis & Dave Pike, Europeans Pedro Iturralde, Jef Gilson, and George Gruntz, and the Japanese Hideo Shiraki. In our extensive liner notes we outline the history of the SABA and MPS labels, and go some way to explain the spirit and philosophy behind the long-standing record company and the musicians who bore their souls to the recording process.

Friedheim Schulz, who oversaw many of the sessions, has fond memories, "These guys had ideas, they had their special thing, it was the time when there were lots of ideas and new sounds and what have you, and [SABA proprietor] Hans Georg was always of the mind that people should do their own kind of music. So he gave them the chance to record and then he would just put out the albums and that was it! The musicians would really play what they wanted to play."

Their great legacy is a lineage of music that has transcended the fatigues of time, and we've picked prime examples from the SABA & MPS catalogues to uphold our own legacy in our long-running series of Spiritual Jazz.