#spiritualjazz

New Grass is a 1968 album by jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler released on Impulse! Records. Fred Thomas, writing for Pitchfork, attempted to place the album in perspective, commenting: "This certainly wasn't jazz of any kind, but was too overstimulated and confused to pass for the Woodstock-generation rock'n'roll it was trying to emulate. What was this?... New Grass signaled the beginning of a descent into darkness for Ayler, one that saw him grasping at ideals of redemption and healing all the way down... Ayler's spiritual message... grew weirder and more intimate as he struggled to deliver it in a way that could be universally understood... Ayler's notion of popular music was so distanced from reality that it became its own self-contained universe." - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGNVtyjTfG4&list=RDeGNVtyjTfG4&start_radio=1 #AlbertAyler #Jazz #ImpulseRecords #Music #PrettyPurdie #FreeJazz #SpiritualJazz

Ended the week and started the weekend with The October Suite an album by American jazz pianist Steve Kuhn and composer/arranger/conductor Gary McFarland featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is an anomaly in the Impulse catalog of the time in that it did not pursue the free jazz realms with the vengeance that most of the label's other acts did during that year" - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFi3S37NRNY&list=OLAK5uy_kFfcGRazZT1VhITcRYzO7m0WnNnQQCq48 #SteveKuhn #GaryMcFarland #ImpulseRecords #Jazz #SpiritualJazz #Music

Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday after a swim with The Eastern Moods of Ahmed Abdul-Malik an album by the double bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik that was released through Prestige Records label in November 1963. - Wikipedia Been returning to Ahmed Abdul-Malik's excellent music following hearing the band [Ahmed]'s work making music about his music. This is one of his best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mlBsc88jdQ&list=OLAK5uy_kqFH1tpj4x3vVoGMiUBjtKM21KInnebZk #AhmedAbdulMalik #Jazz #Oud #PrestigeRecords #Ahmed #Music #SpiritualJazz #WorldMusic