Spiritual Unity (album)
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| Studio album by Albert Ayler Trio | ||
| Released | 1965 | |
| Recorded | July 10, 1964 | |
| Genre | Free jazz | |
| Length | 29:19 | |
| Label | ESP-Disk | |
| Producer(s) | ? | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Albert Ayler Trio chronology | ||
| Witches and Devils (1964) |
Spiritual Unity (1964) |
Prophecy (1964) |
Spiritual Unity is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler (1936-1970). It was recorded for the ESP-Disk label and was a key Free jazz recording which brought Ayler to international attention as it was so "shockingly different" (Wilmer). It featured two versions of Ayler's most famous composition Ghosts.
The critic Ekkehard Jost wrote that "Ayler's negation of fixed pitches finds a counterpart in Peacock's and Murray's negation of the beat. In no group of this time is so little heard of a steady beat (...) The absolute rhythmic freedom frequently leads to action on three independent rhythmic planes." Maintaining these qualities required deep group interaction. Ayler himself said of the record "We weren't playing, we were listening to each other" (cited by Wilmer)
[edit] Track listing
- "Ghosts: First variation" – 5:12
- "The Wizard" – 7:20
- "Spirits" – 6:46
- "Ghosts: Second variation" – 10:01
[edit] Musicians
Albert Ayler - saxophone
Gary Peacock - bass
Sunny Murray - percussion
[edit] References
- Jost, Ekkehard (1975). Free Jazz (Studies in Jazz Research 4). Universal Edition.
- Wilmer, Valerie (1977). As Serious As Your Life: The Story of the New Jazz. Quartet.
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