ALBERT AYLER TRIO - Spiritual Unity - Vinyl LP avant-garde FREE JAZZ sax
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NMINTY VINYL bordering on MINT ...
Cover slightly LIVED IN see pics
RARE Italian pressing. There is no writing on the spine.
On front cover.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: R 65-2857
Monaural
Recorded in New York City on July 10, 1964.
Made in Italy by Base Record
Spiritual Unity Review
by Steve Huey FIVE STARS !!!
Spiritual Unity was the album that pushed Albert Ayler to the forefront of jazz's avant-garde, and the first jazz album ever released by Bernard Stollman's seminal ESP label. It was really the first available document of Ayler's music that matched him with a group of truly sympathetic musicians, and the results are a magnificently pure distillation of his aesthetic. Bassist Gary Peacock's full-toned, free-flowing ideas and drummer Sunny Murray's shifting, stream-of-consciousness rhythms (which rely heavily on shimmering cymbal work) are crucial in throwing the constraints off of Ayler's playing. Yet as liberated and ferociously primitive as Ayler sounds, the group isn't an unhinged mess -- all the members listen to the subtler nuances in one another's playing, pushing and responding where appropriate. Their collective improvisation is remarkably unified -- and as for the other half of the album's title, Ayler conjures otherworldly visions of the spiritual realm with a gospel-derived fervor. Titles like "The Wizard," "Spirits," and "Ghosts" (his signature tune, introduced here in two versions) make it clear that Ayler's arsenal of vocal-like effects -- screams, squeals, wails, honks, and the widest vibrato ever heard on a jazz record -- were sonic expressions of a wildly intense longing for transcendence. With singable melodies based on traditional folk songs and standard scales, Ayler took the simplest musical forms and imbued them with a shockingly visceral power -- in a way, not unlike the best rock & roll, which probably accounted for the controversy his approach generated. To paraphrase one of Ayler's most famous quotes, this music was about feelings, not notes, and on Spiritual Unity that philosophy finds its most concise, concentrated expression. A landmark recording that's essential to any basic understanding of free jazz.
Albert Ayler Trio – Spiritual Unity
Label: ESP Disk – ESP 1002, Base Record – ESP 1002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: Italy Released: Genre: Jazz Style: Free Jazz A1
Ghosts: First Variation 5:12 A2
The Wizard 7:21 B1
Spirits 6:46 B2
Ghosts: Second Variation 10:00
- Published By – United International Copyright Representatives, Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Edizioni Musicali Agenda
- Art Direction – Jay Dillon
- Bass – Gary Peacock
- Composed By – Albert Ayler
- Design [Cover] – Jordan Matthews
- Illustration [Cover] – Howard Bernstein
- Percussion – Sunny Murray
- Saxophone, Written By – Albert Ayler
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