Albert Ayler

 

Artist:  Albert Ayler
Born:  July 13, 1936.  Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died:  November 25, 1970 (Aged 34).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Saxophonist, Bandleader, Composer
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Albert Ayler was an American Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist, Singer and Composer.  Early experience playing R&B, and Bebop, and began recording music during the Free Jazz Era of the 1960s.  His improvisational advancing notions of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman.

Title:  Love Cry (2023) 

Genre:  Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label: Verve Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Love Cry (3:54)

 2.  Ghosts (2:45)

 3.  Omega (3:14)

 4.  Dancing Flowers (2:19)

 5.  Bells (3:07)

 6.  Love Flower (3:30)

Side 2:

 1.  Zion Hill (6:06)

 2.  Universal Indians (9:49)

Personnel:

Albert Ayler:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  1/1, 2/1, Vocals on Tracks:  1/1, 2/2

Donald Ayler:  Trumpet on Tracks:  !/1-3, 5, 2/2

Alan Silva:  Bass

Milford Graves:  Drums

Call Cobbs:  Harpsichord on Tracks:  1/3, 4, 6, 2/1

Love Cry is a 1968 album by Albert Ayler, originally released in 1968 by Impulse! Records, remastered and reissued on September 8, 2023 by Verve Records.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.