ROCK • A • RAMA
ALBERT AYLER - Vibrations (Arista Freedom) :: You may think that if you've heard one Ayler album you've heard them all (and you may be right) but this Sept. "64 session, previously unreleased in the States and featuring Sonny Murray on drums, Gary Peacock on bass, and Don Cherry on trumpet (adding dimensions to the music, that Albert's brother Donald never reached), has some Ayler improvs which are, by his standards, almost languid. Also the album features Ayler's most apocalyptic composition "Holy Spirit" as well as a piece called "Mothers" being played on a Theramin.
ALBERT AYLER - Vibrations (Arista Freedom) :: You may think that if you've heard one Ayler album you've heard them all (and you may be right) but this Sept. "64 session, previously unreleased in the States and featuring Sonny Murray on drums, Gary Peacock on bass, and Don Cherry on trumpet (adding dimensions to the music, that Albert's brother Donald never reached), has some Ayler improvs which are, by his standards, almost languid. Also the album features Ayler's most apocalyptic composition "Holy Spirit" as well as a piece called "Mothers" being played on a Theramin. As is often the case on A.A. albums the recording quality is only slightly better than fair. It's as tho the various studios were never adequate to the task of capturing his rapacious tones.
R.C.W.
