New Grass

~ Release by Albert Ayler (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

Label: Impulse! - Catalog #: AS-9175 (initial release)
Location: The Record Plant, New York, USA
Recording Date: 1968/09/05 and 1968/09/06
Some of the takes recorded later (other place?) (involving Cobbs, Purdie and Folwell?)
For sure, the horns and singing things were overdubbed at a later time, with or without Ayler.
Personnel Extended Data:
Ayler additionally performs recitation and whistling.
Purdie and Cobbs out on #1
Overddub on #1, #2, #5-#7, included:
Burt Collins, Joe Newman (tp)
Garnett Brown (tb)
Seldon Powell (ts, fl)
Buddy Lucas (barsx)
Bert DeCoteaux (arr)
The Soul Singers (voc) (Rose Marie McCoy and Mary "Maria" Parks) - out on #1
Additional:
The most controversial Ayler's record, some people called this a commercial compromission.
If not the best of his work, it's still an interesting and original session.
A later edition has been afflicted with one of the most hideous and inadequate cover in existence http://ayler.org/albert/html/newgen.html.
More material from this/these (?) session(s) are to be find in the Holy Ghost box set.

Annotation last modified on 2007-07-05 08:59 UTC.

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
A1Message From Albert/New Grass
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-06)
bagpipe, tenor saxophone and spoken vocals [recitation]:
Albert Ayler (on 1968-09-06)
baritone saxophone:
Buddy Lucas (Tenor saxophonist / vocalist / harmonica player) (on 1968-09-06)
electric bass guitar:
Bill Folwell (on 1968-09-06)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1968-09-06)
trumpet:
Burt Collins (on 1968-09-06) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-06)
woodwind:
Seldon Powell (on 1968-09-06)
conductor:
Bert DeCoteaux (on 1968-09-06)
arranger:
Bert DeCoteaux
medley including a recording of:
Message From Albert (on 1968-09-06)
composer:
Albert Ayler and Bert DeCoteaux
medley including a recording of:
New Grass (on 1968-09-06)
composer:
Albert Ayler
3:55
A2New Generation
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-05)
baritone saxophone:
Buddy Lucas (Tenor saxophonist / vocalist / harmonica player) (on 1968-09-05)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (on 1968-09-05)
electric bass guitar:
Bill Folwell (on 1968-09-05)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Ayler (on 1968-09-05)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1968-09-05)
trumpet:
Burt Collins (on 1968-09-05) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-05)
woodwind:
Seldon Powell (on 1968-09-05)
vocals:
Mary Maria Parks (on 1968-09-05) and Rose Marie McCoy (on 1968-09-05)
conductor:
Bert DeCoteaux (on 1968-09-05)
arranger:
Bert DeCoteaux
recording of:
New Generation (on 1968-09-05)
composer:
Albert Ayler, Rose Marie McCoy and Mary Parks
publisher:
Mention Music
5:10
A3Sun Watcher
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-06)
bagpipe and tenor saxophone:
Albert Ayler (on 1968-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (on 1968-09-06)
electric bass guitar:
Bill Folwell (on 1968-09-06)
recording of:
Sun Watcher (on 1968-09-06)
composer:
Albert Ayler
7:30
B1New Ghosts
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-05)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (on 1968-09-05)
electric bass guitar:
Bill Folwell (on 1968-09-05)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Ayler (on 1968-09-05)
recording of:
New Ghosts (on 1968-09-05)
composer:
Albert Ayler and Mary Parks
4:12
B2Heart Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-05)
baritone saxophone:
Buddy Lucas (Tenor saxophonist / vocalist / harmonica player) (on 1968-09-05)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (on 1968-09-05)
electric bass guitar:
Bill Folwell (on 1968-09-05)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Ayler (on 1968-09-05)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1968-09-05)
trumpet:
Burt Collins (on 1968-09-05) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-05)
woodwind:
Seldon Powell (on 1968-09-05)
vocals:
Mary Maria Parks (on 1968-09-05) and Rose Marie McCoy (on 1968-09-05)
conductor:
Bert DeCoteaux (on 1968-09-05)
arranger:
Bert DeCoteaux
recording of:
Heart Love (on 1968-09-05)
composer:
Albert Ayler and Mary Parks
5:34
B3Everybody’s Movin’
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-05)
baritone saxophone:
Buddy Lucas (Tenor saxophonist / vocalist / harmonica player) (on 1968-09-05)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (on 1968-09-05)
electric bass guitar:
Bill Folwell (on 1968-09-05)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Ayler (on 1968-09-05)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1968-09-05)
trumpet:
Burt Collins (on 1968-09-05) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-05)
woodwind:
Seldon Powell (on 1968-09-05)
vocals:
Mary Maria Parks (on 1968-09-05) and Rose Marie McCoy (on 1968-09-05)
conductor:
Bert DeCoteaux (on 1968-09-05)
arranger:
Bert DeCoteaux
recording of:
Everybody’s Movin’ (on 1968-09-05)
composer:
Albert Ayler, Rose Marie McCoy and Mary Parks
3:44
B4Free at Last
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-05)
baritone saxophone:
Buddy Lucas (Tenor saxophonist / vocalist / harmonica player) (on 1968-09-05)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (on 1968-09-05)
electric bass guitar:
Bill Folwell (on 1968-09-05)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Ayler (on 1968-09-05)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1968-09-05)
trumpet:
Burt Collins (on 1968-09-05) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-05)
woodwind:
Seldon Powell (on 1968-09-05)
vocals:
Mary Maria Parks (on 1968-09-05) and Rose Marie McCoy (on 1968-09-05)
conductor:
Bert DeCoteaux (on 1968-09-05)
arranger:
Bert DeCoteaux
recording of:
Free at Last (on 1968-09-05)
composer:
Albert Ayler, Rose Marie McCoy and Mary Parks
23:08