SPIRITS REJOICE Tracks 1. Spirits Rejoice (11:43) 2. Holy Family (2:10) 3. D.C. (8:01) 4. Angels (5:30) 5. Prophet (5:36) (All compositions by Albert Ayler) Personnel Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone) Donald Ayler (trumpet [not Track 4]) Charles Tyler (alto saxophone [not Track 4]) Henry Grimes (bass) Gary Peacock (bass) Sunny Murray (drums) Call Cobbs (harpsichord [Track 4 only]) Recording Details September 23, 1965 Judson Hall, New York Release Details Released as Spirits Rejoice ESP 1020, ESP Explosive (France) 538.111, (Japan) SMJ7492, BT5003, SFX10713, ESP/BASE (Italy) ESPS 1020, Get Back (Italy) GET1006 (vinyl) and GET1006CD, Calibre (Netherlands) ESPCD1020, ESP (US) ESPCD 1020. Also included in The Complete Esp Disk Recordings, Abraxas (Italy) ESP1.
Track 2, ‘Holy Family’, was also issued on an ESP-disk 45 rpm single (ESP 4506), as the B side to Ornette Coleman’s ‘Sadness’ from Town Hall, 1962 (ESP 1006).
[Picture below courtesy of ebay.] From the sleevenotes ‘When I heard the news that Albert Ayler had died and was then shocked to discover that his death was not mentioned in the New York Times or the San Francisco Chronicle, much less the wire services, I thought of Anton Webern.’ Ralph J. Gleason (from an article entitled `Perspectives: The Death Of Albert Ayler’ reprinted as the sleevenotes to the Get Back CD release.) (Reviews of Spirits Rejoice)
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