ALBERT AYLER - NUITS DE LA FONDATION MAEGHT

Tracks

1.   In Heart Only                                                               (5:10)

2.   Spirits                                                                           (15:06)

3.   Holy Family                                                                 (11:43)

4.   Spirits Rejoice                                                            (7:23)

5.   Truth Is Marching In                                                  (8:13)

6.   Universal Message                                                    (8:31)

7.   Spiritual Reunion                                                       (7:55)

8.   Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe     (10:07) 

(Track 8 by Mary Parks. The rest by Albert Ayler.)

Personnel

Albert Ayler   (tenor saxophone)

Call Cobbs   (piano)

Steve Tintweiss   (bass)

Allen Blairman   (drums)

Mary Maria (Parks)   (vocals [track 8 only])

Recording Details

July 27, 1970

St. Paul de Vence, France

Release Details

Tracks 1 to 4 released as Albert Ayler - Nuits de la Fondation Maeght: Volume 1 on Shandar (France) SR10.000 and SH 83503, RCA (Japan) SHP6201, Jazz View 004 (CD), Water 501 (LP).

Tracks 5 to 8 released as Albert Ayler - Nuits de la Fondation Maeght: Volume 2 on Shandar (France) SR10.004 and SH 83504, RCA (Japan) SHP 6202, Jazz View 005 (CD), Water 502 (LP).

Shandar also issued a double LP (83503/83504), and in 2002 all the tracks were issued on a single CD - Water 103.

From the sleevenotes

“Albert Ayler se meut dans l’univers musical qu’il est convenu d’appeler ‘New Thing’ avec autant de naturel et d’aisance que Charlie Parker dans celui du be-bop.”*

Daniel Caux (from the sleevenotes to Albert Ayler - Nuits de la Fondation Maeght: Volume 1)

*roughly translated: “Albert Ayler is to the New Thing what Charlie Parker is to Bebop.”
 

[Cover of Blu Jazz BJ023CD]

ALBERT AYLER QUINTET 1970 - LIVE

Tracks

1.   Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe    (7:47)

2.   Birth Of Mirth                                                              (10:38)

3.   Oh! Love Of Life                                                         (7:15)  

4.   T. C. A.                                                                          (9:24)

5.   Heart Love                                                                   (4:58)

6.   A Little Prayer                                                             (5:15)

7.   Holy Ghost                                                                  (10:40)

Personnel

Albert Ayler   (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals)

Mary Maria (Parks)   (soprano saxophone, vocals)

Steve Tintweiss   (bass)

Allen Blairman   (drums)

Recording Details

July 25, 1970

St. Paul de Vence, France

Release Details

Released as Albert Ayler Quintet 1970 - Live on Blu Jazz (Italy) BJ023CD.

(This is the only known appearance of the tapes Shandar made of the first Albert Ayler concert at St. Paul de Vence. The CD was given away as a freebie on a magazine and was never distributed to shops. Fees were paid to the Italian ASCAP and so this is not technically a bootleg release.)

Steve Tintweiss, Ayler’s bassist at the Fondation Maeght concerts sent me the following comments about this CD:

“Although the title is a misnomer, as all the tracks are either trio, or a quartet when Mary Maria sings or plays soprano sax, and the identification of some of the tracks are incorrect, to my surprise the recording quality is excellent. Hearing this 32 years later is quite an experience for me. This is really newly found Albert Ayler performances at the peak of his creative powers. Albert sings his heart out on several of the tracks. The CD concludes with a wild version of "Ghosts", including an audience induced encore.”

Back cover of Blu Jazz BJ023CD

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