Bells (album)

Bells
Live album by Albert Ayler
Released 1965
Recorded May 1, 1965 at The Town Hall, NYC
Genre Free jazz
Length 20:03
Label ESP-Disk 1010
Producer Richard L. Alderson
Albert Ayler chronology
The Hilversum Session
(1964)		 Bells
(1965)		 Spirits Rejoice
(1965)

Bells is a live album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler recorded at The Town Hall in New York City in 1965 and first released as a single sided LP on the ESP-Disk label.[1][2] The album was released in many variations including clear and coloured vinyl and with a variety of colored covers and most recently on CD combined with Prophecy.[3][4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos states: "As Albert Ayler recorded several definitive recordings before or after this one, and due to the very short length of Bells, it cannot be considered a magnum opus. But it does contain music played by his most powerful unit, a small window into the mind and heart of the most iconic maverick in the free jazz movement, and a magnet for discussion that lingers on well past his death".[5]

All About Jazz commented: "Part of the lasting brilliance of Bells is that the group is much more roughshod at this early stage, the ensemble not yet formed into a cohesive, balanced whole but a rickety patchwork, its seams (and therefore process) showing proudly through".[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Albert Ayler

  1. "Bells" - 20:03

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Albert Ayler discography accessed October 29, 2014
  2. ↑ Albert Ayler sessionography, accessed October 29, 2014
  3. ↑ ESP-Disk catalog, accessed October 29, 2014
  4. ↑ Ayler.com album entry, accessed October 29, 2014
  5. 1 2 Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed October 28, 2014
  6. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 15. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. ↑ Allen, C., Albert Ayler: Prophecy/Bells Review, July 14, 2005
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