This album was originally released in 1979 on composer Oliver Lake's bespoke private-press label Passin Thru' Inc., a not for profit label "dedicated to fostering, promoting and advancing the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the arts". Consequently `House Of Spirit' remains one of the most elusive deep jazz releases of its time for collectors. AkLaff was an original of the early 70s Detroit jazz scene alongside musicians from the Tribe (Wendell Harrison, Phil Ranelin, Doug Hammond) and Strata (Kenny Cox and Charles Moore) collectives, and local luminaries such as Travis Biggs, before moving to New York in the mid-1970s to work at the centre of the vibrant loft / radical jazz scene. Here he worked and recorded with original greats such as Oliver Lake, Wadada Leo Smith and Anthony Davis, with numerous releases on India Navigation and other radical NY avant-jazz labels. At this time Coltrane drummer Rashied Ali became mentor to AkLaff , with AkLaff practically living at Ali's legendary club / live space Ali's Alley.