Albert Ayler - Revelations - The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght recordings

ELEMENTAL MUSIC

£57.58

Cat. no: 5990443
Format: CD4
Barcode: 8435395503232
Release Date: 29 Apr 2022
Genre: Jazz

Deluxe digipak 4CD set, remastered audio by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, transferred directly from the original ORTF stereo tape reels, including over 2 hours of previously unreleased music

Released in partnership with the Albert Ayler Estate & Ina France. Includes a massive 100- page booklet with previously- unpublished photos from the actual concerts; essays by jazz historian/ radio host Ben Young, co- producers Zev Feldman and Jeffrey Lederer, and Pascal Rozat from Ina; plus words by Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, David Murray, Carlos Santana, Joe Lovano, Carla Bley, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Reggie Workman, James Brandon Lewis, Patty Waters, Carla Bley, Annette Peacock, Marc Ribot, Thurston Moore and Zoh Amba.

Albert Ayler: tenor & soprano saxophone, vocals
Mary Parks: soprano saxophone, vocals
Call Cobbs: piano
Steve Tintweiss: bass
Allen Blairman: drums

Recorded at the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France on July 25 & 27, 1970.

Tracks: Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe / Birth of Mirth / Masonic Inborn / Revelations 1 / Oh Love of Life / Island Harvest / Heart Love / Ghosts / Love Cry / Desert Blood / Revelations 2 / Revelations 3 / Revelations 4 / Speaking in Tongues (vocal improv) / Truth Is Marching In / Zion Hill, aka Universal Message / Again Comes the Rising of the Sun / Holy Family / Revelations 5 / In Heart Only / Revelations 6 / A Man Is Like a Tree