Tag Archives: Albert Ayler

Sonny Murray – Black Art (read by Amiri Baraka) (1965)

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Black Art read by Amiri Baraka is the last track on the album Sonny’s Time Now  by Sonny Murray. Recorded in NY, November 1965. Murray’s first album as a leader, originally released on Amiri Baraka’s Jihad label in 1965.

Particularly of note is the Amiri Baraka (then-Leroi Jones) recitation, “Black Art.” While not altogether different than “Sweet-Black Dada Nihilismus,” a similar reading from the self-titled New York Art Quartet record, “Black Art” is a much more bleak and (at least potentially) upsetting piece. [source]

Henry Grimes – Bass
Louis Worrel – Bass
Sunny Murray – Percussion
Albert Ayler – Tenor Saxophone
Don Cherry – Trumpet
LeRoy Jones - Voice

 

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Albert Ayler – Our Prayer (1966)

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From the massive boxset Holy Ghost .

“Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost.”

Almost all this material has been, until now, commercially unavailable. Qualitatively, the music here varies, both artistically and mechanically. Some was taken from broadcast and tape sources that have deteriorated or were dubious to begin with, but their massive historical significance far outweighs minor fidelity problems. [source]

Albert Ayler Quintet :
Albert Ayler – Tenor Saxophone
Don Ayler – Trumpet
Michel Samson – Viollin
Bill Folwell – Bass
Beaver Harris – Drums

Recorded November 3, 1966 at the Berlin Philharmonie

 

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Albert Ayler Quartet Featuring Don Cherry, Gary Peacock And Sonny Murray – Holy Spirit (1964)

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Holy Spirit is from the album Ghosts by Albert Ayler Quartet Featuring Don Cherry, Gary Peacock And Sonny Murray. The album was recorded in Copenhagen on September 14th in 1964 and released on the danish label Debut Records in 1965.

Line up:
Albert Ayler – Tenor Saxophone
Don Cherry -Trumpet
Gary Peacock – Bass
Sonny Murray – Drums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dedicated Bongorama with a belated Happy 10 year anniversary !  All the best, now and forever !]

Albert Ayler Quartet- The Hilversum Session (full album) (1964)

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The Hilversum Session by Albert Ayler is one of those legendary recordings in free jazz. It was recorded in a Netherlands radio studio in front of a small invited audience, at the end of the Ayler Quartet’s European tour on November 9, 1964. The band — Ayler, Don Cherry, Gary Peacock and Sunny Murray – had been playing Ayler´s tunes for months and were uncanny in their ability to hear one another and improvise together at that point. It was also the last time the group would record together under Ayler´s name as a quartet, and they went out at a peak. The recording itself remained unissued until 1980 when it appeared on an LP on the long-defunct Osmosis label. [source]

All compositions by Albert Ayler except track B1.

A1. Angels (6:50) / A2. C.A.C (4:58) / A3. Ghosts (7:28) /                                                                         B1. Infant Happiness (Cherry) (6:04) / B2. Spirits (9:10) / B3. No Name (5:40)

Line up:

Gary Peacock – Bass  / Don Cherry – Cornet  /                                                                                               Sunny Murray – Drums / Albert Ayler – Tenor Saxophone

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Listen to the Trio version of Ghosts here]

Albert Ayler – All Love (1969)

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All Love is the third track on The Last Album by Albert Ayler.

The Last Album was the last studio album Albert Ayler recorded before his death in 1970. The album was released posthumously (hence the title) in 1971 on Impulse! Records. The album consists of outtakes from the sessions for Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe. The album was recorded August 26-29, 1969 at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City. [source]

Albert Ayler - Saxophones, Bagpipes / Stafford James – Bass / Muhammed Ali – Drums / Henry Vestine – Electric Guitar / Bobby Few – Piano / Mary Maria – Vocals