Spirits
by Albert Ayler
- Type: Album
- Released: 1964
- Label: Debut
- Country: United States
- Length: 35:35
- Community rating: 4/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded in Denmark, this session pairs Albert Ayler's abrasive, wide-vibrato saxophone tone with Norman Howard's trumpet. Omitting a chordal instrument like the piano, the quartet relies entirely on Henry Grimes's bass and Sunny Murray's meterless drumming to anchor the high-register, unstructured improvisations.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, improvisation, instrumental, acoustic
Tracklist
- Spirits (6:48)
- Witches And Devils (12:06)
- Holy, Holy (2:12)
- Saints (10:34)
Credits
- Albert Ayler - primary artist, tenor saxophone, composed by
- Earle Henderson - bass
- Henry Grimes - bass, double bass
- Nina Aae - design [cover]
- Sunny Murray - drums
- Ole Vestergaard Jensen - liner notes
- Bob Altshuler - producer
- J酶rgen Frig氓rd - producer
- Phil Iehle - recorded by
- Norman Howard - trumpet
- Gary Peacock - double bass