ALBERT AYLER In Greenwich Village – LP – Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl

In the mid-’60s, Albert Ayler found himself at the center of major transformations within jazz. On his albums for ESP-Disk’, his delivery was radically aggressive and his tone blisteringaiming for something beyond the New Thing. His music would be further energized when (at the behest of John Coltrane) Bob Thiele signed him to Impulse! As Ayler told The Plain Dealer at the time, “It’s not about notes anymore. It’s a sound a feeling. The approach we’re taking will discontinue the use of the word ‘jazz.'”

Of particular interest areFor John Coltrane, a tribute to Ayler’s mentor who would pass later that year, and Truth Is Marching In, where trumpeter Donald Ayler joins his brother to celebrate and ultimately deconstruct several jazz traditions to stunning effect. Vibrant in sound and vision, Albert Ayler‘s In Greenwich Village is a landmark statement in free jazz and a career high point for this truly original artist.

Tracklist:

For John Coltrane 13:32
Change Has Come 6:15
Truth Is Marching In 12:12
Our Prayer 4:28