FIRST VISIT OF THE COMPLETED ALBERT AYLER WITH DON CHERRY 1964 RECORDINGS WITH GARY PEACOCK & SUNNY MURRAY. A long life can contain a certain amount of waste. Live long enough and posterity doesn’t notice the occasional unproductive gap. A short life adds value to every moment and every creative act. This new issue of Albert Ayler’s brief association with Don Cherry includes further material from their time in Copenhagen, a period when the saxophonist daily reinvented the themes that were coursing through his mind, breath and fingers. These are not a collector’s fetishes. These are fresh documents of a music mind working, day by day. (Brian Morton, June 26, 2024) ­ Albert Ayler tenor saxophone Don Cherry cornet Gary Peacock double bass Sunny Murray drums

Program

1. Spirits 08:33 2. Vibrations 08:09 3. Saints 08:50 4. Mothers 07:45 5. Children 08:29 6. Spirits 01:07 7. Vibrations 07:43 8. Saints 07:05 9. Spirits 04:43 10. Ghosts 02:06 11. Children 06:50 12. Holy Spirit 08:26 13. Ghosts 07:55 14. Vibrations 04:54 15. Mothers 07:04 16. Angels 06:55 17. C.A.C. 05:00 18. Ghosts 07:30 19. Infant Happiness 06:06 20. Spirits 09:10 21. No Name 05:45