Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70)
2004 compilation album by Albert Ayler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70) is a compilation album by avant-garde saxophonist Albert Ayler released by Revenant Records in 2004.
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Released | October 9, 2004 |
Recorded | September 14, 1960 – 1971 |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Revenant |
The 9-CD Box Set, housed in a reproduction "Spirit Box" contains live performances recorded by Ayler in Helsinki, Copenhagen, New York City, Cleveland, Berlin, Rotterdam, Newport and Saint-Paul-de-Vence over an eight-year period and features a variety of line-ups which include Cecil Taylor, Sunny Murray, Jimmy Lyons, Gary Peacock, Don Cherry, Rashied Ali, Milford Graves, Donald Ayler, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Michael Samson, Frank Wright, Beaver Harris, Pharoah Sanders, Richard Davis, Sam Rivers, and Muhammad Ali.
The set includes two discs of interviews, a 208-page book featuring essays by Val Wilmer, Amiri Baraka, and others, reproductions of memorabilia, a dried dogwood flower,[1] and a bonus disc featuring Ayler's recordings with the 76th A.G. Army Band.