Let the Chaos Calm You: ep. 41 – 21st-Century Spiritual Jazz #5
This episode of 21st century spiritual jazz, Peace Prayer, begins from a simple thought: peace is what we need more than anything now.
The first movement is explicitly anti-war. Flea, Irreversible Entanglements, Sons of Kemet, and Kamasi Washington push sound into urgency and resistance, where peace is political—demanded against violence, injustice, and historical rupture.
Then the music opens outward. Yazz Ahmed and Anouar Brahem shape a shared space, where peace becomes collective—built through memory, dialogue, and coexistence across cultures.
In the final movement, the focus turns inward. Alabaster DePlume, Matthew Halsall, and Pharoah Sanders move toward stillness, where peace becomes spiritual—felt in breath, tone, and presence.
Peace Prayer holds these together: peace as political, collective, and spiritual at once.
- - Flea - A Plea (Honora, 2026 - Nonesuch Records)
- - Irreversible Entanglements - Open the Gates (Open the Gates, 2021 - International Anthem)
- - Sons of Kemet - My Queen Is Harriet Tubman (Your Queen Is a Reptile, 2018 - Verve Label Group)
- - Kamasi Washington - The Rhythm Changes (The Epic, 2015 - Brainfeeder)
- - Yazz Ahmed - Al Emadi (La Saboteuse, 2017 - Night Time Stories)
- - Nubya Garcia - Together Is a Beautiful Place to Be (SOURCE, 2020 - Concord Jazz)
- - Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes of Rita (The Astounding Eyes of Rita, 2009 - ECM)
- - Carlos Niño & Friends - Please Wake Up (More Energy Fields, Current, 2021 - International Anthem)
- - Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra - Movement 7 (Promises, 2021 - Luaka Bop)
- - Alabaster DePlume - I Will Not Be Safe (GOLD, 2022 - International Anthem)
- - Matthew Halsall - Mindfulness Meditations (Salute to the Sun, 2020 - Gondwana Records)
- - Cochemea - Peace Prayer (Vol.II: Baca Sewa, 2021 - Daptone Records)