CD Import

Spiritual Unity

Albert Ayler

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Item Details

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Catalogue Number
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ESP1002
Number of Discs
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1
Label
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Esp
Original Release Year
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1964
Format
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CD

Product Description

Albert Ayler Trio: Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone); Gary Peacock (bass); Sunny Murray (drums).
Recorded in New York, New York on July 10, 1964. Originally released on ESP Disc.
Like all the great free-jazz players, Albert Ayler possessed a musical intelligence that ranged far and wide. With an approach to the saxophone that reinvents its vocabulary, Ayler's playing tests the limits and possibilities of harmonic structure and tonality. His work is singular however, and markedly different from peers Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy, in that it is not primarily intellectual or willfully deconstructive. Instead, Ayler's aesthetic is almost naive; his motifs are based on folk melodies and popular themes turned inside out with a luminous, superhuman emotion and intensity.
SPIRITUAL UNITY is Ayler's defining statement. Ayler, bassist Gary Peacock, and drummer Sunny Murray form a telepathic network of accelerating and decelerating rhythms and ideas. Ayler's voice is perfectly realized here, from the surging run of "The Wizard," to the lyrical ruminations in "Spirits," to "Ghosts," whose two variations bookend the album, musically and thematically. Ayler unleashes bird-like flurries and guttural groans deep enough to coax spirits from the earth. His aggressive attack and wide vibrato are tempered by the child-like purity of his expression, and the listener is pulled inexorably into a transcendent unity promised by the title, making SPIRITUAL UNITY a free-jazz classic.

Track List   

  • 01. "Ghosts, First Variation"
  • 02. The Wizard
  • 03. Spirits
  • 04. "Ghosts, Second Variation "

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最近これを通勤時にリピートして聴いている...

投稿日:2012/03/10 (土)

最近これを通勤時にリピートして聴いている.そんなことをすると,一日歪んだ音の塊が頭の中で鳴り響いて,脳髄が痺れて仕事にならないことになる.だからと言って,これは麻薬みたいなものでやめられない.慣れてくると,この音楽は気持ちいいんだよねえ.

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宗教とか精神とか言いたくなるけど、基本は...

投稿日:2010/08/30 (月)

宗教とか精神とか言いたくなるけど、基本は「楽しくやりたいようにやる」。「神の啓示」というよりは、菊地のいう「発狂の喜び」が一番近いのでしょう。合う人には徹底的に合うので、「人生(あるいは音楽、またはジャズ)って何だかなあ」と思った人は試しに聴いてみると、精神療法的効果が期待できます。

Gグリーン さん | 福岡県 | 不明

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アイラーの鉄板名盤。 普段はパンク、ハー...

投稿日:2008/02/11 (月)

アイラーの鉄板名盤。 普段はパンク、ハードコア、ニューウェーブばっかの俺でも震えたぞ。 ジャズを避けてる奴はこうゆうのから入ればいいんじゃ?あとファラオサンダースもいけるはず。

13番 さん | 東京方面 | 不明

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