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In Greenwich Village |
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[LP cover of Impulse IA-9336/2] |
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Tracks 1. Light In Darkness (10:56) 2. Heavenly Home (8:50) 3. Spiritual Rebirth (4:10) 4. Infinite Spirit (6:33) 5. Omega Is The Alpha (10:30) 6. Spirits Rejoice (16:19) 7. Divine Peacemaker (12:28) 8. Angels (9:45) (All compositions by Albert Ayler)
Personnel Tracks 1 to 5: Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone) Donald Ayler (trumpet) Joel Freedman (cello) Bill Folwell (bass) Alan Silva (bass) Beaver Harris (drums) Tracks 6 and 7: Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone) Donald Ayler (trumpet) Michel Sampson (violin) Bill Folwell (bass) Henry Grimes (bass) Beaver Harris (drums) Track 8: Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone) Call Cobbs (piano)
Recording Details Tracks 1 to 5 February 26, 1967 The Village Theatre, New York Tracks 6 to 8: December 18, 1966 The Village Vanguard, New York
Release Details Released as The Dedication Series/Vol. VII: The Village Concerts on Impulse IA9336/2, MCA2-4129. Also released on 8 track. |
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[CD cover of Impulse IMP22732] |
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LIVE IN GREENWICH VILLAGE: THE COMPLETE IMPULSE RECORDINGS
Tracks The 12 tracks on the 2 albums above were reissued in 1998 as this double CD in 1998 in the following order: 2. Truth Is Marching In There are 2 additional tracks: 1. Holy Ghost (7:41) 14. Universal Thoughts (8:22) (Both compositions by Albert Ayler)
Personnel Personnel details for the 12 original tracks are the same. Track 1: Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone) Donald Ayler (trumpet) Joel Freedman (cello) Lewis Worrell (bass) Sunny Murray (drums) Track 14: Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone) Donald Ayler (trumpet) George Stell (trombone) Joel Freedman (cello) Bill Folwell (bass) Alan Silva (bass) Beaver Harris (drums)
Recording Details Track 1: March 28, 1965 The Village Gate, New York Tracks 2 to 6: December 18, 1966 The Village Vanguard, New York Tracks 7 to 14: February 26, 1967 The Village Theatre, New York
Release Details Released as Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings on Impulse IMP22732. Track 1 previously released on the following compilations: Impulse (USA) A(S)-90, HMV (UK) CLP1932, Pathe (France) 2C.154-92336, as The New Wave in Jazz, Impulse AS-9257-2 as Re-evaluation: The Impulse Years, AS-1024 as La Saga Heroique d'Albert Ayler, ASD9228 as Energy Essentials.
From the sleevenotes
“Change Has Come implies, says Ayler, that ‘ in my music, I’m trying to look far ahead. Like Coltrane, I’m playing about the beauty that is to come after all the tensions and anxieties. This is about post-war cries; I mean the cries of love that are already in the young and that will emerge as people seeking freedom come to spiritual freedom.’ I remembered Albert saying in that earlier Down Beat interview: ‘We are the music we play. And our commitment is to peace, to understanding of life. And we keep trying to purify our music, to purify ourselves so that we can move ourselves - and those who hear us - to higher levels of peace and understanding. In a way, we’re trying to do for now what people like Louis Armstrong did at the beginning. Their music was a rejoicing. It was a rejoicing about beauty that was going to happen.’” Nat Hentoff (from the sleevenotes of Albert Ayler In Greenwich Village)
(Two titles were recorded at the Village Gate session of 28th March 1965. The other title was ‘Saints’ (Impulse matrix number: 90446). Considering the great job that Michael Cuscuna did with Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings it seems that ‘Saints’ is no longer in the Impulse vaults and can definitely be regarded as lost.) (For an offsite review of Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings click here.)
(Review of The New Wave In Jazz) |
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