Prophecy (Albert Ayler album)

Prophecy
Live album by Albert Ayler
Released	1975
Recorded	June 14, 1964 at the Cellar Café, West 90th Street, New York City
Genre	Free jazz
Length	41:55
Label	ESP-Disk ESP 3030
Albert Ayler chronology
Swing Low Sweet Spiritual (1964) Prophecy (1964) Spiritual Unity (1964)

Prophecy is a live album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler recorded in New York City in 1964 and first released in 1975 on the ESP-Disk label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Ayler alternated the simple march-like themes with wild and very free improvisations which owe little if anything to the bop tradition, or even his contemporaries in the avant-garde. Ayler always had his own individual message, and his ESP sessions find him in consistently explorative form".^[3]

All About Jazz noted "Though the trio had honed a group sound and method comprising slow and loping or extremely fast themes; Murray's constant percussive chatter and vocal wailing providing an alternate pure-sound springboard; Peacock's constant harmonic filigree creating yet another aural web, these are presented in Prophecy as a much looser framework".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Albert Ayler

1. "Spirits" - 7:15
2. "Wizard" - 8:00
3. "Ghosts (First Variation)" - 10:00
4. "Prophecy" - 6:35
5. "Ghosts (Second Variation)" - 7:40

Personnel

• Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone
• Gary Peacock - bass
• Sonny Murray - drums

References

1. Albert Ayler discography accessed October 29, 2014
2. Albert Ayler sessionography, accessed October 29, 2014
3. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed October 29, 2014
4. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 16. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Allen, C., Albert Ayler: Prophecy/Bells Review, July 14, 2005