Spiritual/soul jazz from early 70s and later.

These are contemporary-maybe that qualifies as later-but superb:

Liz Wright-Fellowship

Liz Wright-Grace

Victory-Glory Hour

Liz Wright is an amazing talent.

Yusef Lateef was truly great and suggesting him reminds me to add Ahmed Abdul-Malik to this list.  I also second the nomination of Liz Wright for highest commendations.  This is turning into a damn fine compendium. 

Here's one you might not know. 

Soul Flutes - Trust In Me

I bought this in 1968. It was considered an "underground" album at the time. The story was that all the musicians were on an LSD trip during the sessions. Don't know if that's true. 

It's Herbie Mann with Ron Carter, and a bevy of other greats. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Herbie was under contract to another label so they put this out under a group name without listing the musicians. 

It's the most relaxing album I've ever had. 

https://www.discogs.com/release/779627-Soul-Flutes-Trust-In-Me

Yusef Lateef was truly great and suggesting him reminds me to add Ahmed Abdul-Malik to this list.  I also second the nomination of Liz Wright for highest commendations.  This is turning into a damn fine compendium. 

I love to see some recent entries in the spiritual jazz subgenre mentioned above!

Muriel Grossmann, and Kamasi Washington are great modern successors.

For more contemporary spiritual jazz, also check out:

Nat Birchall

Shabaka and the Ancestors

The Circling Sun

Matthew Halsall  

Chip Wickam

Mammal Hands

Hania Rani

Caoilfhionn Rose