Albert Ayler - 1971 - The Last Album

Albert Ayler

1971

The Last Album

01. Untitled Duet 4:32
02. Again Comes The Rising Of The Sun 6:52
03. All Love 8:59
04. Toiling 5:06
05. Desert Blood 5:58
06. Birth Of Mirth 5:20
07. Water Music 6:10

Bass – Stafford James
Bass, Electric Bass [Fender Bass] – Bill Folwell
Chanter [Bagpipe Chanter], Tenor Saxophone, Vocals – Albert Ayler
Drums – Muhammad Ali
Electric Guitar – Henry Vestine
Piano – Bobby Few
Vocals – Mary Maria

Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, August 26, 27, 28 and 29, 1969.

Throughout the album Bill Folwell's bass is heard on the left channel, Stafford James' on the right.

Part of the same Ed Michel produced sessions that unleashed Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe, Ayler's final studio recordings are a mixed bag of musical oddities – the strangest being 'Untitled Duo' where electric guitarist Henry Vestine jams with Ayler who is blowing wildly at a bagpipe chanter. Regardless of what his critics thought, Ayler remained defiant in pushing his new direction through to the end.