Description
Albert Ayler – New Grass; Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe / Impulse! 2-On-1 / Impulse! Audio CD 2015 / 06007 5363953
UPC 0600753639535
New Grass is a 1968 album by jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler released on Impulse! Records.
The album mixed Ayler's familiar tenor saxophone playing with elements from R&B and other genres, including a soul horn section, backing singers, and rock electric bass. There are even some tracks where Ayler sings.
The album was remastered and re-released by Third Man Records in 2020.
| Label: | Impulse! – 06007 5363953 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Impulse! 2-On-1 |
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2015 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Free Jazz, Soul-Jazz |
Tracklist:
| New Grass | |||
| Message From Albert / New Grass | (3:55) | ||
| 1a | New Grass |
| 1b | Message From Albert |
| 2 | New Generation |
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5:09
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| 3 | Sun Watcher |
|
7:30
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| 4 | New Ghosts |
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4:12
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| 5 | Heart Love |
|
5:33
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| 6 | Everybody's Movin' |
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3:43
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| 7 | Free At Last |
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3:07
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| Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe | |||
| 8 | Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe |
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8:41
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| 9 | Masonic Inborn (Part 1) |
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12:11
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| 10 | A Man Is Like A Tree |
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4:35
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| 11 | Oh! Love Of Life |
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3:50
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| 12 | Island Harvest |
|
5:04
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| 13 | Drudgery |
| 8:08 |
- Arranged By, Conductor – Bert DeCoteaux (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7)
- Art Direction, Design – Rocco Park
- Bagpipes – Albert Ayler (tracks: 3, 9)
- Baritone Saxophone – Buddy Lucas (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7)
- Bass – Stafford James (tracks: 8 to 13)
- Bass, Electric Bass [Fender] – Bill Folwell (tracks: 8 to 13)
- Design [Music Is... Liner] – George Whiteman
- Design [New Grass Cover And Liner] – Byron Goto, Henry Epstein
- Drums – Pretty Purdie (tracks: 1b to 7), Muhammad Ali (tracks: 8 to 13)
- Edited By – Gerd Naumann
- Electric Bass – Bill Folwell (tracks: 1a to 7)
- Engineer – Gary Kellgren (tracks: 1a to 7), George Sawtelle (tracks: 8 to 13)
- Guitar – Henry Vestine (tracks: 13)
- Liner Notes [New Grass] – John F. Szwed
- Photography By [Music Is... Jacket] – Bert Andrews
- Photography By [Music Is... Liner] – Chuck Stewart
- Photography By [New Grass Cover And Liner] – Elliot Landy
- Piano – Bobby Few (tracks: 8 to 13)
- Piano, Harpsichord, Organ – Call Cobbs (tracks: 1b to 7)
- Producer – Bob Thiele (tracks: 1a to 7), Ed Michel (tracks: 8 to 13)
- Producer [Series Producer] – Matthias Künnecke
- Remastered By – Ahmed Chouraqui
- Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Seldon Powell (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7)
- Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistling – Albert Ayler
- Trombone – Garnett Brown (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7)
- Trumpet – Burt Collins (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7), Joe Newman (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7)
- Vocals – Mary Maria (tracks: 8, 10, 12), The Soul Singers (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7)
- Vocals [The Soul Singers] – Mary Maria (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7), Rose Marie McCoy (tracks: 1b, 2, 5 to 7)
