Albert Ayler - Live Greenwich Village To Love Cry: Revisited

2024

The two reissues presented herein include the last sessions that Donald would record with his brother, bookending a turning point  in Ayler’s music. The Village Theater sessions, from late 1966 and early 1967 (the latter without Donald) mark, arguably, a high point in his work to that date, where the musical ecstasy he sought was as close to realization as he ever achieved – and new avenues may have been opening up – whereas ‘Love Cry’, from the summer of 1967, indicates at least partially a pivot point, redirecting the music toward, it was hoped, a more popular reception.  – Brian Olewnick

Live Greenwich Village:
Albert Ayler tenor saxophone, Donald Ayler trumpet, Michel Sampson violin, Bill Folwell, Henry Grimes double bass, Beaver Harris drums.
Albert Ayler alto saxophone and tenor saxophone, Donald Ayler trumpet, Alan Silva, Bill Folwel double bass, Joel Friedman cello, Beaver Harris drums.

Love Cry:
Albert Ayler tenor saxophone; alto saxophone, voice, Don Ayler trumpet, Call Cobbs harpsichord, Alan Silva double bass, Milford Graves drums.