| Spiritual Unity | ||||
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| Studio album by the Albert Ayler Trio | ||||
| Released | May 1965[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 10, 1964 | |||
| Studio | New York City | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 29:13 | |||
| Label | ESP-Disk | |||
| Producer | Bernard Stollman | |||
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Spiritual Unity is a studio album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler. It was recorded on July 10, 1964 in New York City, and features bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Sunny Murray. It was the first album recorded for Bernard Stollman's ESP-Disk label, and it brought Ayler to international attention as it was so "shockingly different".[2] At the same time, it transformed ESP-DISK into "a major source for avant-garde jazz".[3] A 5-star review in AllMusic called it a "landmark recording that's essential to any basic understanding of free jazz", "the album that pushed Albert Ayler to the forefront of jazz's avant-garde... really the first available document of Ayler's music that matched him with a group of truly sympathetic musicians", and stated that "the results are a magnificently pure distillation of his aesthetic."[4]
- ^ Billboard May 1, 1965
- ^ Wilmer, Val (2018). As Serious as your Life. Serpent's Tail. p. 139.
- ^ DeVeaux, Scott; Giddins, Gary (2009). Jazz. W. W. Norton. p. 425.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler". AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2020.