Albert Ayler Bells (White Vinyl)

Albert Ayler Bells (White Vinyl)Albert Ayler's short but definitive album Bells covers about 20 minutes of music from his legendary Town Hall N. Y. C. concert on May Day of 1965. It is not surprising to hear the angst and anguish in their music, considering it was made about five weeks after Black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated. Ayler and his quintet blow their own horns in alert of the "new thing" in jazz coming on strong, with no apologies as to its fierce intent or

version of the soundtrack for the Beatles' ill-fated British television special embellished the six songs that were found on the British Magical Mystery Tour double EP with five other cuts from their 1967 singles

sweet jams

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creating an enormous texture of rhythm

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the CD adds five supplemental tracks gathered from singles

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