condition (record/cover): NM / NM

Insert included. No obi.

The February 1964 New York session, and the real beginning of the Ayler earthquake on American soil. Albert Ayler with Norman Howard on trumpet, the double-bass team of Henry Grimes and Earle Henderson, and Sunny Murray floating over everything like weather. This is where the music breaks fully free - themes like folk songs, improvisation like prayer and riot at once. The same session that circulates as Witches & Devils, here under its original title. Murray alone is worth long study: no timekeeping, all pulse, pure energy in motion. Japanese Arista Freedom pressing on King, and these Japanese Freedom editions are quiet, solid and highly recommended.