Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village
| Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village | ||||
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| Live album by Albert Ayler | ||||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | December 18, 1966/February 26, 1967 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:28 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Albert Ayler In Greenwich Village is a 1967 (see 1967 in music) live album by free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler. It was his first album for Impulse! Records, and is regarded as probably being his best album on that label.[3]
Originally released on LP, the album has since been reissued on CD.
Background
At the urging of John Coltrane, Impulse! Records' first recordings of Ayler were made live. A single track recorded at the Village Gate in 1965 was released on the album The New Wave in Jazz and the current album was recorded at the Village Vanguard and Village Theatre, New York City in 1966 and 1967.[4] Unusually, Ayler plays alto rather than his usual tenor on the opening track, a tribute to Coltrane, who was present when the two tracks on side two of the album were recorded. The two versions of Ayler’s band heard on the record both feature two bass players, which "sharpens the sound considerably, producing a rock-solid foundation for Ayler’s raw witness".[5]
Further tracks from the same performances were released on the double album The Village Concerts, and both albums, along with the 1965 track mentioned above and one further track, have been combined to produce the double CD album Live in Greenwich Village: the Complete Impulse Recordings.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Albert Ayler
- "For John Coltrane" – 13:38
- "Change Has Come" – 6:24
- "Truth Is Marching In" – 12:43
- "Our Prayer" – 4:43
Personnel
Performance
- Albert Ayler – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Donald Ayler – trumpet
- Bill Folwell – bass
- Joel Friedman – cello
- Henry Grimes – bass
- Beaver Harris – drums
- Michel Sampson – violin
- Alan Silva – bass
Production
- Barbara Flynn – design
- Robert Flynn – design
- Nat Hentoff – liner notes
- George Klabin – engineer
- Joe Lebow – design
- Charles Stewart – photography
- Bob Thiele – producer
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 15. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ Allmusic: In Greenwich Village – Overview
- ↑ Kahn, A.: The house That Trane Built: London, Granta Publications, 2006
- ↑ Cook, R. and Morton, B.: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th ed.: London, Penguin Books, 2006