
Spirits Rejoice!
Albert Ayler and his message
Peter Niklas Wilson(Author)
Wolke Verlag
Published on 4. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-3-95593-109-4 (ISBN)
Description
No music swung as erratically between extremes as his: folk song, march or acoustic apocalypse - anything was possible in the cosmos of Albert Ayler's soundscapes. With his furious instrumental glossolalia and his pathos-laden ballads, the musician from Cleveland, Ohio quickly became the most radical of the Sixties free jazz expressionists. In his hands the saxophone became a different instrument and even John Coltrane's late work was unmistakably shaped by the influence of his younger colleague. He had little time to proclaim his message of a new spiritual music: in 1970, at just 34 years of age, Albert Ayler died in mysterious circumstances.
Peter Niklas Wilson spent six months in the USA following in Albert Ayler's footsteps. Through conversations with numerous contemporary witnesses (including Ayler's father and brother, as well as drummers Sunny Murray and Milford Graves, violinist Michael Samson, multi-instrumentalist Howard Johnson, bassists Gary Peacock and Steve Tintweiss) and analysis of both Ayler's published and unpublished recordings, he reconstructs the biography and erratic musical path of this prophet of the "new thing".
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hofheim am Taunus
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Illustrations
with photos by Val Wilmer
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
288 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-95593-109-4 (9783955931094)
Schweitzer Classification