I can’t say for sure if Evgeny Ponomarev’s 2021 release, Clockwise, counts as spiritual jazz, but it is holding it’s own as one of the best jazz releases of the year. Ponomarev plays piano, and is solidly supported by a large cast, incuding:
Andrey Polovko — tenor saxophone (1-6), soprano saxophone (2) Grigory Voskoboynik — double bass
Peter Mikheev — drums (1-6), percussion (1,4)
Pavel Ilushin — guitar (4)
Peter Vostokov — cornet (2)
Anton Gimazetdinov — trombone, tuba (2)
