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Other Versions of Albert Ayler Compositions

 

Count Basie
Afrique
‘Love Flower’ (2:53)
1970
Flying Dutchman FD10138 / FWT-3, Doctor Jazz FWT-39520, BMG International 37508 (CD)

 

 

 

Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto
‘Love Flower’ (5:50)
1972
Buddah ST 9000, Cobblestone CST-9000

 

Lol Coxhill
Welfare State/Lol Coxhill
‘Ghosts’
1973/1975
Virgin/Caroline C1514

 

Fred Frith
Guitar Solos
‘Ghosts’
1974
Caroline 1508

 

Mount Everest Trio
Waves From Albert Ayler
‘Spirits’ (4:26)
1975
Unheard Music Series/Atavistic 202

 

 

 

Yosuke Yamashita Trio
Ghosts by Albert Ayler
‘Ghosts’ (35:30)
1977
Westwind 2050

 

Frank Lowe & Eugene Chadbourne
Don't Punk Out
‘Ghosts’ (4:19)
1980
Emanem 4043

 

 

 

Lester Bowie
All The Magic!
‘Ghosts’ (3:09)
1982
ECM 810625
 

 

 

Joe McPhee, Bill Smith Ensemble
Visitation
‘Ghosts’
1983
Sackville 3O36

 

John Tchicai
Timo's Message
‘Mothers’ (5:46)
1984
Black Saint BSR 0094

 

 

 

Gary Windo
Deep Water
‘Ghosts’ (3:24)
1985
Antilles 422-842574-2, Polygram 842574

 

 

 

Famoudou Don Moye with John Tchicai & Hartmut Geerken
The African Tapes
‘Ghosts’ (4:49)
1985
Golden Years of New Jazz GY 9/10


 

 

Eugene Chadbourne
LSD C&W: The History of the Chadbournes in America
‘Ghosts’ (2:01)
1987
Fundamental 19 (LP), House of Chadula 1980B (CD)

 

Peter Erskine/Marty Krystall/Buell Neidlinger
Aurora
‘Ghosts’ (6:37)
1988
Denon 73148

 

 

 

N.A.D. (Niu Abdominaux Dangereux)
Ghosts
‘Ghosts’ (3:11)
1988
Heron Music HM 702,  ITM ITM1454, Basic 50001

 

Doneda-Lazro Group
General Gramofon
‘Mothers’
1988
NATO Records nato1600

 

Cruel Frederick
Birth of the Cruel
‘Ghosts’ (7:35)
‘Bells’ (3:07)
1988
SST 127

 

 


Various Artists
Live At The Knitting Factory Vol. 2
Gary Lucas
‘Ghosts’ (4:09)
1989
A & M Records CD5276
Included on Live at the Knitting Factory, Vols. 1-5 box set
Knitting Factory 12345
 

Giorgio Gaslini
Ayler's Wings
‘Holy Spirit’ (4:34)
‘Mothers’ (5:28)
‘Truth Is Marching In’ (6:16)
‘Omega Is The Alpha/Bells’ (3:44)
‘Angels’ (5:58)
‘Ghosts’ (7:42)
‘Witches and Devils’ (8:46)
‘No Name’ (8:13)
1990
Soul Note 121270

 

David Moss
My Favorite Things
‘Ghosts’ (2:52)
1990
Intakt 22

 

 

 

Blowhole
Guerilla Jazz
‘Ghosts’
1990
Zabriskie Point - Point 15

 

 

 

Antonio Apuzzo
Electric Dream
‘Ghosts’ (3:08)
1991
Splasc(h) 343

 

 

 

Hal Russell/Michael Staron/Sparrow & Rick Shandling
Albert's Lullaby
‘Vibrations’ (5:29)
‘Ghosts’ (3:53)
1991
Southport 0077, Orchard 6366, Southport 77

 



 

Crazy Backwards Alphabet
Crazy Backwards Alphabet
‘Ghosts’ (4:18)
1992
SST SSTCD-110
 

 


 

The Flying Luttenbachers
Destructo Noise Explosion: Live at WNUR 2-6-92
‘Witches and Devils’
‘Ghosts’
1992
Coat Tail 6

 



 

Orange Then Blue
While You Were Out
‘Truth Is Marchin’ In’ (8:22)
1992
GM 3028

 


 

Eugene Chadbourne
Chadbourne Baptist Church
‘Ghosts’
1992
House of Chadula 1989A

 

Umberto Petrin
Ooze
‘Our Prayer’
1992
Splasc(h) 384

 

Daunik Lazro/Jac Berrocal/Didier Levallet/Denis Charles
Outlaws In Jazz
‘Divine Peacemaker’ (9:52)
‘Angels’ (5:12)
1993
Bleu Regard 12140

 

 

Lisle Ellis
Elevations
Mothers’ (6:05)
1993
Victo CD027

 

 

Marc Ribot
Shrek
‘Bells’ (10:08)
1994
Avant (Japan) Avan 033

 

Eugene Chadbourne
Electric Rake Cake
‘Ghosts’ (7:12)
1995
Overtone 1

 

Marc Ribot
Don’t Blame Me
‘Ghosts’ (4:54)
1995
DIW 902

 

 

 

Saxemble
Saxemble
‘Ghosts’ (6:53)
1995
Warner Brothers 46181

 

AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark
Hidden in the Stomach
‘Ghosts/Spirits’ (11:52)
1996
Silkheart 149

 

 

 

Prima Materia with Rashied Ali
Bells
‘Bells’ (65:27)
1996
Knitting Factory 190

 

 

 

Gary Windo
His Master's Bones
‘Ghosts’ (3:07)
1996
Cuneiform 89

 

 

 

Marc Ribot
Shoe String Symphonettes
‘Bells’ (1:07)
1997
Tzadik TZ 7504



Orléans
Orléans
‘In Heart Only’ (8:11)
1999
Rectangle AB (CD & vinyl)

 

 

 

AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark
Live at the Glenn Miller Café
‘Ghosts’ (17:47)
1999
Wobbly Rail 8

 

 

 

Ken Vandermark's Sound in Action Trio
Design in Time
‘Angels’ (7:08)
1999
Delmark 516

 

 

Marc Ribot
Yo! I Killed Your God
‘Change Has Come’ (9:03)
1999
Tzadik  TZ 7134

 

Robert Reigle
The Marriage of Heaven and Earth
Bells’
1999
Acoustic Levitation AL1002
 

 

 

Atalanta
Atalanta Thuis 2
‘Angels’ (3:38)
1999
Atalanta CD 02

 

Atalanta
Atalanta plus Tony Overwater
‘Angels’ (4:58)
c. 2000
Atalanta CD 06

 

Eugene Chadbourne
I Talked to Death in Stereo
‘Prophecy’ (7:02)
‘Change Has Come’ (8:56)
2000
Leo 276

 

 

Daunik Lazro
Zong Book
‘In Heart Only’ (5:16)
2000
Émouvance émv 1013

 

 


 

Marius Peyer with Christian Weber & Flo Stoffner
Unsung Songs
‘Ghosts’ (2:53)
2000
Unit 4129


 


 

Witches & Devils
At the Empty Bottle
‘Truth Is Marching In’ (12:05)
‘Angels’ (6:05)
‘Bells’ (15:56)
2000
Knitting Factory 282

 

 

Robert Reigle
Tenor Saxophone
Universal Indians’
2000
Acoustic Levitation
 

Violent Femmes
Freak Magnet
‘New Generation’ (2:38)
2000
Beyond 78058
 

 

 

Eugene Chadbourne
Ayler Undead
‘Omega Is The Alpha’ (9:45)
‘Infinite Spirit’ (8:00)
‘Witches and Devils’ (8:36)
‘Light in the Darkness’ (9:15)
‘Prophecy’ (9:41)
‘Ghosts’ (10:42)
2001
Grob 321

 

Rent Romus' Lords of Outland
Avatar in the Field
‘Holy Spirit’
‘Zion Hill’
‘Vibrations’
‘Dancing Flowers’
‘Our Prayer’
2001
Edgetone 4001

 

Marc Ribot
Saints
‘Saints’
‘Witches and Devils’
2001
Division One/Atlantic 83461-2

 

World Standard
Jump For Joy -
Discover America Series Vol. 3
‘Ghosts’ (3:47)
2002
Daisyworld Discs/Cutting Edge CTCR-14213

 

 

 

AALY Trio/DKV Trio
Double or Nothing
‘Angels’
2002
Okka Disk 12035

 

Cicala Mvta
Deko Boko
‘Albert Ayler Medley (Ghost/Bells/Omega/Spiritual Rejoice)’
2002
Nektar

 

 

 

Villerd/Ayler Quartet
One Day...
‘Change Has Come’
‘Truth Is Marching In’
‘Ghosts II’
‘Ghost’
‘Our Prayer’
2002
Arfi AMO31

 

Brian Ritchie
Shakuhachi Club NYC
‘Change Has Come’
2004
Weed 7916


 

 

 

Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee
Sounds Like A Sandwich
‘Our Prayer’ (6:23)
2005
Smalltown Superjazzz STSJ103CD
 

 

 

Spiritual Unity (Roy Campbell, Henry Grimes, Marc Ribot, Chad Taylor)
Spiritual Unity
Spirits’
‘Truth is Marching In’
‘Saints’
‘Bells’
2005
Pi Recordings Pi15
 

Zero Point
Plays Albert Ayler
Vibrations’ (4:11)
‘The Wizard’ (3:48)
‘Tune Q’ (4:35)
‘Infant Happiness’ (5:17)
‘Saints’ (5:47)
‘Children’ (6:27)
‘Angels’ (3:04)
2007
Ayler Records aylDL-062
(download -only release)

 


Meditations on Albert Ayler
Live at Glenn Miller Café
‘Ghosts/Truth Is Marching In’ (36:40)
2007
Ayler Records aylDL-066
(download -only release)
 

 

 

Healing Force (Vinny Golia, Aurora Josephson, Henry Kaiser, Mike Keneally, Joe Morris, Damon Smith, Weasel Walter)
The Songs of Albert Ayler
New ‘New Grass’ / ‘Message from Albert’
‘Music is the Healing Force of the Universe’
‘Japan’ / ‘Universal Indians’
‘A Man is Like a Tree’
‘Oh! Love of Life’
‘Thank God for Women’
‘Heart Love’
‘New Generation’
‘New Ghosts’ / New Message
2007
Cuneiform Records rune255

 

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