ALBERT AYLER "HOLY GHOST"

JAZZ / FREE, AVANT-GARDE 1962-70

ALBERT AYLER: HOLY GHOST
REVENANT RECORDS, RVN 213(9CD)
(P)(C)2004 REVENANT RECORDS, USA
RECORDED: 1962-1970
RELEASED: OCTOBER 4, 2004, USA

CREDITS (productions) :

Special Regards: Edward Ayler, Amiri Baraka,
Daniel Caux, Marc Chaloin, Matti Konttinen, Cynthia Sesso, Val Wilmer,
Team Ghost (Susan Archie, Tom Greenwood, Carlos Kase,
Noel Waggener, Ben Young)

Impossible Without: Ben Young

Project Supervision: Ben Young

Essays: Amiri Baraka, Daniel Caux, Marc Chaloin, Val Wilmer,
Carl Woideck, Ben Young

Appendix: Carlos Kase, Ben Young

Research, Writing, Editing: Tom Greenwood, Carlos Kase, Ben Young

Audio Transfers, Restoration, Remastering:
Ben Youn (with special thanks to Steve Tintweiss)

Final Mastering for CD: Joe Lizzi, Kevin Reeves, Ben Young

Art Direction: Noel Waggener

Production Design, Layout, Direction: Susan Archie, World of anArchie

Chapter Header Silkscreen Design, Execution:
Noel Waggener, Satch Grimley

Original Carved Wooden "Spirit Box": Reagan Johns

Box Manufacturing, Printed Materials, Assembly:
Imperial Paper Box Corporation

Photograph Research, Consultation:
Synthia Sesso, CTS Images-Photography Research

Photographs: Chalmer Adams, Edward Ayler, Pieter Boersma,
Ole Brask, Daniel Caux, Philippe Gras, Burton Greene,
Bob van Grevenbroek, Hans Harzheim, Paul Karting, Guy Kopelowicz,
Jean-Pierre Pellarin, Jan Persson, Raymond Ross, Lee Santa,
Ralph Sgrillo, Bill Smith, Chuck Stewart, Charles Taylor,
Nathalie Violette, Ton van Wageningen, Jerry Webb, Val Wilmer,
Carl Woideck

Opening, Closing Photographs (Vellums):
Raymond Ross: The Albert Ayler Quartet, Funeral of John Coltrane,
St.Peter's Lutheran Church, July 21, 1967

Freestanding Spirit Box Items Courtesy:
Adward Ayler (A1 at 12), Amiri Baraka ("Cricket" digest),
Paul Haines/Jo Haines ("You and the Night and the Music),
Paul Karting (note from Al), Jack Lefton (Slugs' flier),
Ralph Sgrillo/participants (Army Band recording),
Holy Ghost (dogwood)

Recordings made available under license from the Albert Ayler estate
and various rights holders

Disc 1/Track 1-3 made available under license through special arrangement
with Finnish Broadcasting Company-Yleisradio, through the good works
of Matti Konttinen

TRACKS :

DISC 1 (total time 69:49) :


	HERBERT KATZ QUINTET (June 30, 1962)
1.	Sonnymoon for Two (8:29) [Sonny Rollins]
2.	Summertime (6:53) [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin]
3.	On Green Dolphin Street (3:26) [Bronislau Kaper]
	Herbert Katz, guitar Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Teuvo Suojärvi, piano Heikki Annala, bass Martti Äijänen, drums
	Recorded June 30, 1962 in Helsinki, Finland

	CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET (November 16, 1962)
4.	Spoken introductions by broadcast announcer and Borge Roger Henrichsen (:42)
5.	Four (21:46) [Cecil Taylor]
	Cecil Taylor, piano Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Sunny Murray, drums
	Recorded poss. November 16, 1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark

	ALBERT AYLER TRIO (June 14, 1964)
6.	Spirits [incomplete] (6:38) [Albert Ayler]
7.	Saints (10:32) [Albert Ayler]
8.	Ghosts [incomplete] (10:56) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Gary Peacock, bass Sunny Murray, drums
	Recorded June 14, 1964 at the Cellar Café, New York City

DISC 2 (total time 70:25) :


	ALBERT AYLER TRIO (June 14, 1964)
1.	The Wizard(*1) (6:51) [Albert Ayler]
2.	Children (9:05) [Albert Ayler]
3.	Spirits [theme] (:28) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Gary Peacock, bass Sunny Murray, drums
	Recorded June 14, 1964 at the Cellar Café, New York City
	(*1) This is the same composition Ayler recorded as "The Wizard" on ESP 1002, not to be confused with "Wizard" as issued on ESP 3030.

	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (September 3, 1964)
4.	spoken radio introduction (:55)
5.	Spirits (8:43) [Albert Ayler]
6.	Vibrations (8:23) [Albert Ayler]
7.	[tune Q](*2) (8:59) [Albert Ayler]
8.	Mothers (7:53) [Albert Ayler]
9.	Children (8:38) [Albert Ayler]
10.	Spirits [theme] (1:25) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Don Cherry, cornet Gary Peacock, bass Sunny Murray, drums
	Recorded September 3, 1964 at Café Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
	(2) This composition has been mistitled regularly heretofore as "Saints" and as "Spirits", through both names already belonged to different recorded Ayler compositions by the time they were appended to it. What we refer to as "[tune Q]" is the same composition that appeared as the first track on side B of Spiritual Unity*, ESP 1002 edition I, as distinct from the piece that replaced it on edition II.

	BURTON GREENE QUINTET (February 1966)
11.	[untitled] (collective) (8:55) [Albert Ayler]
	Burton Greene, piano Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Frank Smith, tenor saxophone Steve Tintweiss, bass Rashied Ali, drums
	Recorded February 1966 at Slugs', New York City

DISC 3 (total time 79:24) :


	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (April 16, 1966)
	1st Set
1.	spoken introduction by Peter Bergman (1:03)
2.	Spirits Rejoice (4:39) [Albert Ayler]
3.	D.C. (5:58) [Don Cherry]
4.	[untitled minor waltz] (7:04) [Albert Ayler]
5.	Our Prayer (6:33) [Don Ayler]
	2nd Set
6.	spoken introduction by Peter Bergman (1:13)
7.	[F# tune] (15:20) [Albert Ayler]
8.	Ghost (6:32) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Don Ayler, trumpet Michel Samson, violin Mutawef Shaheed, bass Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums
	Recorded April 16, 1966 at La Cave, Cleveland

	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (April 17, 1966)
	1st Set
9.	Spirits Rejoice (6:31) [Albert Ayler]
10.	Prophet / Ghosts / Spiritual Bells (14:33) [Albert Ayler]
11.	Our Prayer / Spirits Rejoice (9:43) [Don Ayler / Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Don Ayler, trumpet Michel Samson, violin Mutawef Shaheed, bass Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums
	Recorded April 17, 1966 at La Cave, Cleveland

DISC 4 (total time 57:55) :


	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (April 17, 1966)
	2nd Set
1.	[untitled] / Truth Is Marching In (15:43) [Albert Ayler]
2.	Spirits (9:16) [Albert Ayler]
3.	Zion Hill (12:40) [Albert Ayler]
4.	Spirits (7:00) [Albert Ayler]
5.	Spiritual Bells (3:48) [Albert Ayler]
6.	[F# tune] (9:18) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Don Ayler, trumpet Michel Samson, violin Mutawef Shaheed, bass Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums
	Recorded April 17, 1966 at La Cave, Cleveland

DISC 5 (total time 63:53) :


	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (November 3, 1966)
1.	concert announcement by Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg (1:10)
2.	Ghosts / Bells (11:15) [Albert Ayler]
3.	Truth Is Marching In (7:07) [Albert Ayler]
4.	Omega (3:48) [Albert Ayler]
5.	Our Prayer (4:39) [Don Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Don Ayler, trumpet Michel Samson, violin Bill Folwell, bass Beaver Harris, drums
	Recorded November 3, 1966 at Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (November 8, 1966)
6.	spoken introduction by Peter de Wit (1:25)
7.	Truth Is Marching In (11:14) [Albert Ayler]
8.	Bells (5:35) [Albert Ayler]
9.	Spirits Rejoice (10:51) [Albert Ayler]
10.	"Free Spiritual Music", part IV (6:44) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Don Ayler, trumpet Michel Samson, violin Bill Folwell, bass Beaver Harris, drums
	Recorded November 3, 1966 at Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

DISC 6 (total time 77:25) :


	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (June 30 / July 1, 1967)
1.	Truth Is Marching In / Omega (9:00) [Albert Ayler]
2.	Japan / Universal Indians (5:41) [traditional / Albert Ayler]
3.	Our Prayer (8:19) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone(on 3), alto saxophone(on 3), vocal(on 2) Don Ayler, trumpet Michel Samson, violin Bill Folwell, bass Milford Graves, drums
	Recorded June 30 / July 1, 1967 at Freebody Park, Newport, Pot Island

	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (July 21, 1967)
4.	Love Cry / Truth Is Marching In / Our Prayer (6:24) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone, vocal Don Ayler, trumpet Richard Davis, bass Milford Graves, drums
	Recorded at the funeral of John Coltrane, July 21, 1967 at St.Peter's Lutheran Church, New York City

	PHAROAH SANDERS (January 21, 1968)
5.	Venus / Upper and Lower Egypt (22:59) [Pharoah Sanders]
	Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone Chris Capers, trumpet unknown, alto saxophone Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone unknown, tenor saxophone Dave Burrell, piano Sirone, bass Roger Blank, drums
	Recorded January 21, 1968 at the Renaissance Ballroom, New York City

	ALBERT AYLER (late August 1968)
6.	[blues] (6:04) [Albert Ayler]
7.	[sermon] (:50) [Albert Ayler]
8.	Thank God for Women (10:16) [Albert Ayler, Mary Parks]
9.	New Ghosts [demo fragments] (7:10) [Albert Ayler, Mary Parks]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone, vocal, solo recitation(on 7) Call Cobbs, piano, Rocksichord Bill Folwell, electric bass guitar Bernard Purdie, drums Mary Parks, vocal, prob. tambourine Vivian Bostic, vocal
	Recorded ca. late August 1968 in New York City area

DISC 7 (total time 60:12) :


	DON AYLER SEXTET (January 11, 1969)
1.	Prophet John (10:53) [Don Ayler]
2.	Judge Ye Not (10:16) [Don Ayler]
	Don Ayler, trumpet Albert Ayler, alto saxophone Sam Rivers, tenor saxophone Richard Johnson, piano Richard Davis, bass Ibrahim Wahen, bass Muhammad Ali, drums
	Recorded January 11, 1969 at Town Hall, New York City

	ALBERT AYLER QUARTET (prob. July 28, 1970)
3.	Mothers / Children (8:42) [Albert Ayler]
4.	[untitled, incomplete] (14:14) [Albert Ayler]
5.	[C minor] (5:21) [Albert Ayler]
6.	[F minor / C minor] (10:36) [Albert Ayler]
	Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone Call Cobbs, piano Steve Tintweiss, bass Allen Blairman, drums prob. Mary Parks, tambourine, hand-clapping
	Recorded prob. July 28, 1970 at La Colle sur Loup, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

DISC 8 (total time 55:25) :


	AYLER INTERVIEW (early December 1964) 5:20
1.	travel and plans (1:49)
2.	Holbaek (:39)
3.	the New Blues (1:33)
4.	Christmastime stateside (1:10)
	Ayler interview with Birger Jørgensen for "Afterbeat" program Recorded early December 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark

	AYLER INTERVIEW (early November 11, 1966) 5:31
5.	a great change (1:35)
6.	traveling and Coltrane (1:00)
7.	drummers and Sunny Murray (1:42)
8.	a job to do (1:00)
	Ayler interview with Birger Jørgensen for "Afterbeat" program Recorded on or around November 11, 1966 in Copenhagen, Denmark

	AYLER INTERVIEW (July 27, 1970) 38:54
9.	birth, family, forst music (3:04)
10.	academy, the road, school (:57)
11.	young professional and Army (5:40)
12.	Sweden (4:39)
13.	New York (:49)
14.	1964 (1:25)
15.	frustration, sources (3:39)
16.	1966 tour and Coltrane (3:16)
17.	Impulse and Mary Maria (3:27)
18.	the artist's life (1:31)
19.	question: LeRoi Jones (:46)
20.	question: "For John Coltrane" (1:10)
21.	question: socio-political connections (3:19)
22.	question: instrumentation, engineering (4:16)
23.	choosing the players (:50)
	Ayler Interview with Daniel Caux for "France Culture" Recorded July 27, 1970 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

DISC 9 (total time 79:40) :


	AYLER INTERVIEW (July 25, 1970) 57:32
1.	current activity (1:59)
2.	Antibes (1:06)
3.	Japan / Coltrane'sn funeral (1:02)
4.	clubs (3:39)
5.	ahead of my time (1:42)
6.	home lives: Brooklyn and Cleveland (1:27)
7.	Impulse, pt.1: hippies (1:21)
8.	"space music" (1:07)
9.	Don (:46)
10.	"Thank God for Women" (:46)
11.	blues & rhythm (1:17)
12.	copying my records (2:00)
13.	Impulse, pt.2: New Grass (2:18)
14.	tone and "vibration" (1:07)
15.	Rollins, Coleman, and Coltrane (4:08)
16.	Maeght group (:57)
17.	serenity of life (:36)
18.	childhood memories, pt.1 (2:00)
19.	[Blairmann enters] (:34)
20.	early professional career (1:03)
21.	childhood memories, pt.2 (1:09)
22.	Don's music (3:47)
23.	"I Love America" and youth (1:05)
24.	Mary and golf (:38)
25.	early relationals and Mary Maria (1:03)
26.	Japan work and warm weather (4:01)
27.	play solo (:24)
28.	naming tunes (1:22)
29.	Charles Ives (:25)
30.	influences (1:44)
31.	practicing (1:09)
32.	The Healing Force (:52)
33.	diet and America (2:08)
34.	defining "improvisation" (:45)
35.	Sonny Rollins, reactions, and Miles Davis (2:43)
36.	Newport '67 (2:30)
37.	New York: keeping to oneself [Mary Maria joins] (:39)
	Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for "Swing Journal" Recorded July 25, 1970 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

	DON AND MOCQUI CHERRY INTERVIEW (1971) 14:38
38.	interview (14:38)
	Don and Mocqui Cherry interview with Daniel Caux Recorded in Paris, 1971

BONUS DISC (total time 7:52) :


	U.S. ARMY 76TH AG BAND REHEARSAL (September 14, 1960)
1.	Tenderly (4:32) [Gross-Lawrence] PFC Ayler, ts: solo@2:20; 3:04
2.	Leap Frog (3:16) [Garland] PFC Ayler, ts: all 4 exposed improvs.
	rec. by mil. reg. ord.

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