Albert Ayler: At Slugs' Saloon 1966, Revisited

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 2023-11-25
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Triplefoldowe etui
opis:
Editor's info:
Among the jazz innovators, Albert Ayler is still considered a solitary figure to this day. From 1964 on he pursued his vision with firm determination. Like no other artist he used well-known melodies from military, marching, blues, gospel and minstrel show music as a starting point, and from these biographical earworm references he set out with the greatest expressiveness into an unconditionality that caused productive disturbance, which his music still does. On the one hand, there are catchy themes, persistently presented in the Slugs’ concert as well. On the other hand, they are taken apart by the physical force and ecstasy of the attacks that follow. Even though expressive solos emerge, Ayler’s music is a truly collab- orative creation. His adherence to trivial themes symbolises the painful process of sepa- ration, of being at the mercy of a country struggling with catastrophes, of being throwninto this world of modern man.
by Ulrich Steinmetzger

muzycy:
Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone
Donald Ayler - trumpet
Michel Samson - violin
Lewis Worrell - double bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson- drums

utwory:
1. Truth Is Marching In 10:07
2. Our Prayer 12:09
3. Bells 18:00
4. Ghost 23:04
5. Initiation 16:32

wydano: July 27, 2023
nagrano: Recorded At Slugs' Saloon 1966