Online reviews for the Revenant box set, Holy Ghost, released in October 2004.

The Guardian (UK) - Free Rage by Richard Williams (25/9/04)

The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) - A New Light by John Soeder (26/9/04)

clevescene.com (Cleveland) - Ghost Story by Carlo Wolff (29/9/04)

The Sunday Herald (Scotland) - Spirit in the Sky by David Keenan (3/10/04)

The Austin Chronicle - Holy Ghost by Harvey Pekar (8/10/04)

The Scotsman - Spiritual renaissance by Brian Morton (9/10/04)

Denver Post - New Light on  mystery man by Bret Saunders (10/10/04)

The Village Voice - The Fire That Time by Francis Davis (12/10/04)

Het Parool (Netherlands) - Muziek uit een kistje by Maartje den Breejen (12/10/04)

Palm Beach Post - The Legend: Albert Ayler by Joe Gross (17/10/04)

The New York Times - Made Him Wanna Holler by Ben Ratliff (24/10/04)

The Chicago Tribune - Spirit of Ayler's music lives on in `Holy Ghost' by Bill Meyer (24/10/04)

The Boston Globe - Box sets: five from the vaults by Bill Beuttler (29/10/04)

24 Heures (France) - Prophète du jazz, Albert Ayler ressuscite enfin by Luca Sabbatini (31/10/04)

All About Jazz - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Andrey Henkin (31/10/04)
(Also included in All About Jazz: New York, No. 31, November 2004, which is available for download as a pdf file.)

Jamaica Observer - ALBERT AYLER: Passion, Spirit and Mystery by Michael A. Edwards (31/10/04)

Culturevulture.net - Holy Ghost by Phil Freeman (_/10/04)

Dusted Magazine - A Bouquet for Albert by Derek Taylor (_10/04)

LA Weekly - The Sound of Truth by Greg Burk (4/11/04)

LACityBEAT & ValleyBEAT - Music From A ‘Holy Ghost’ by Chris Morris (No. 74, 4/11/04)

Le Nouvel Observateur (France) - Albert Ayler, le revenant by Bernard Loupias (4/11/04)

Seattle Weekly - The Ayler Set: Revenant's monument to a minor musician by Douglas Wolk (9/11/04)

Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Germany) - Zwischen Vision und Wirrnis by Christian Broecking (11/11/04)

Metro Times Detroit - Silent Scream by Eric Waggoner (17/11/04)

Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden) - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Magnus Olsson (19/11/04)

Jazz Break - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Luc Bouquet (19/11/04)

Billboard.com - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Ron Hart (24/11/04)

Philadelphia City Paper - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Nate Chinen (24/11/04)

Expresso - O grito by Rui Tentúgal (27/11/04)

Newsday.com - Blowing sax - and minds by Gene Seymour (28/11/04)

Creem Magazine - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Brian J. Bowe (_/11/04)

One Final Note:Jazz & Improvised Music Webzine - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Scott Hreha & Matthew Sumera (_/11/04)

All Music Guide - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Thom Jurek (_/11/04)

Paris Transatlantic Magazine - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Dan Warburton (_/11/04)

The San Jose Mercury News - A startling rediscovery of a jazz original by Richard Scheinin (5/12/04)

The Georgia Straight (Canada's Largest Urban Weekly) - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Alexander Varty (9/12/04)

The Observer Music Monthly - This is hardcore by Stuart Nicholson (12/12/04)

National Public Radio - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Kevin Whitehead (radio review) (14/12/04)

The Portland Phoenix - A tale of two saints: Albert Ayler and Lenny Bruce get boxed by Jon Garelick (16/12/04)

SF Weekly - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Sam Prestianni (22/12/04)

Uncut - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost

Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Remco Takken (2005)

Double Bassist (UK) - Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost by Matthew Simpkins (No. 33, Summer, 2005)

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