Albert Ayler - Summertime to Spiritual Unity Revisited

2023 release

The two tracks selected here, from the recording My Name Is Albert Ayler: “Summertime” by George Gershwin and Ayler’s original composition “C.T.,” most likely titled for Cecil Taylor, bridge Ayler’s past and point directly toward his future. Spiritual Unity is the fusion of music and pure emotion. It is as if Ayler, Peacock, and Murray were devising their own periodic table of elements by atomizing the components of sound, substituting chords for emotions and eschew- ing any concept of dimensional time. Ayler’s compositions, like those of Thelonious Monk, were to be covered many times in upcoming performances and recordings. (Mark Corroto)

Line Up tracks #1 & 2:
Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone
Nils Bronsted - piano only on #1
Nils-Henning Orsted Pedersen - double bass
Ronnie Gardiner - drums

Line Up tracks #3-7:
Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone
Gary Peacock - double bass
Sunny Murray - drums