Spirits

Albert Ayler Trio · 1964 · Mélodie simple, intensité croissante

Context

Track from Lanquidity, recorded on July 17, 1978 in New York and released on Philly Jazz (10 min 58 s). The album departs from Sun Ra's earlier recordings by drawing on funk, R&B and jazz fusion, with two guitarists, a rarity in the Arkestra.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz, Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• The Wizard (1964)
• Ghosts: Second Variation (1964)
• Spirits Rejoice (1965)

Sources

• EN: Spiritual Unity

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