''Tribute to Albert Ayler Live at the Dynamo'' is an album by a
free jazz quartet composed of trumpeter
Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist
Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is ...
, bassist
William Parker and drummer
Warren Smith.
The record documents a November 2008 performance at the Dynamo (
Pantin), a concert hall dedicated to jazz in the suburbs of
Paris, and was released in 2009 by producer Gérard Terronès’ idea on the French
Marge
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label.
[Original Liner Notes by Gérard Terronès]
Background
The quartet was in a three-week European tour inspired by
Albert Ayler's music. About the sense of the tribute to the
free jazz icon, in an interview conducted before the concert for the CD edition, McPhee claims "I heard Albert Ayler’s music and the very first thing that I heard, that grabbed me, was the sound that was completely different from what I’d heard, there was an intensity, there was a spirituality, there was something very special about it that made me want to play the saxophone,."
[A Tribute to Albert Ayler (interview)](_blank)
at Point of Departure Campbell says "When I first heard
Donald Ayler, I’d never heard nobody playing trumpet like that and it just electrified me and excited me and then, I always thought that Albert’s music and his brother’s music was like a circle, was the beginning and the end at the same time."
Music
The performance starts with the recitation of Ayler's composition "Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe", which evolves into
Miriam Makeba's "Muntu". "Obama Victory Shoutout" is a quartet's improvisation celebrating the
Barack Obama's victory a few days before, which moves into Ayler's "Truth is Marching In". "DC", a tune dedicated to
Don Cherry and credited to Ayler on ''Spirits Rejoice'', evolves into Ayler composition "Vibrations".
Donald Ayler tune "Prophet John" and
Albert Ayler's "Universal Indians" end the record.
[Tribute to Alber Ayler](_blank)
at The Free Jazz Collective
Reception
The ''
JazzTimes'' review by Lyn Horton states "This tour was built on the spirit, the dream and the magic of Ayler’s music, rather than its emulation. The inspiration of Ayler’s music alone became the glue that allowed the four band members, who had never worked together before, integrate their individual improvisatory languages into a sound that was meant to be".
[Horton, ]
''Tribute to Albert Ayler'' Review
at JazzTimes
Track listing
:''All compositions by Albert Ayler except as indicated''
# "Music is the Healing Force of the Universe" - 6:30
# "Muntu" (
Miriam Makeba)- 15:18
# "Obama Victory Shoutout" (
Roy Campbell,
Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is ...
,
William Parker,
Warren Smith) & "Truth is Marching In"- 13:49
# "DC" (
Don Cherry) & "Vibrations" - 16:51
# "Prophet John" (
Don Ayler) - 15:05
# "Universal Indians" - 6:40
Personnel
*
Roy Campbell -
trumpet,
pocket trumpet
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,
bamboo flute,
recorder
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, voice
*
Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is ...
-
tenor sax,
pocket trumpet
250px, Pocket trumpet in B-flat, with a standard size bell and medium-large bore
The pocket trumpet is a Bâ™ trumpet that is constructed with the tubing wound into a much smaller coil than a standard trumpet, generally with a smaller diameter ...
,
bamboo flute,
recorder
Recorder or The Recorder may refer to:
Newspapers
* ''Indianapolis Recorder'', a weekly newspaper
* ''The Recorder'' (Massachusetts newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
* ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...
, voice
*
William Parker -
bass
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, voice
*
Warren Smith -
drums
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percussion, voice
References
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Marge Records live albums
2009 live albums