Cecil Taylor & Albert Ayler - Four (live 11/16/62)

From Ayler's "Holy Ghost" boxset, the only documentation of the meeting in Copenhagen of these two giants. I do not own the copyright to this music and will gladly take down if asked, but I share it as it is a rare and historical recording that is not posted on UA-cam

[@jameskinnaird4173]

Thank you - have the box set

[@leonardzucker6392]

Perfect storm. Alignments unheard of...
Two geniuses in their own realm . Love it for It's intensity.

[@stanmenshic8993]

Wonderful to hear this very rare collaboration of 2 jazz titans, many thanks for sharing ;-)

[@dejavu6221]

Nunca me imaginé esto dos de los maestros juntos

[@maxcrowe3900]

Thank you for sharing this

[@JoseMedina-sv8uy]

Muchas Gracias por compartir.

[@KRITHMAN]

thank you man!

[@donaldraby2892]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 buy the box set !!!!!

[@user-iz8gh7tg3b]

Heard similar dynamic with Cecil, Lyons and the Reverend Frank Wright in the80’s. Wright was an Ayler heir of creative expressionism on tenor.

[@Da_Publick]

Yes he was. I love Rev Wrights music, too; enough to try to buy it on CD. I didn't score anything, though.

[@spazzriff_appreciator]

Understand what Ayler meant when he said Taylor's music was a "too hard" for what his own heart wanted to do. Ayler appreciated the spiritual journey, and Taylor was interested in the spikes of outrageous stimulation, like it was a drug. The two are a crazy match, but I like them both better in their seperate realms...

[@nyvcr502]

You seem to really understand the difference between the two.

[@randyborra3464]

first sax is Jimmy Lyons

[@jimknodle1]

...and to my ears he intentionally hands off to Ayler...

[@blacksantaria3642]

THIS IS BLACK COSMIC LOVE ❤

[@mfgbass]

Is that andrew cyrille in the pic?

[@danenj7315]

I'm pretty sure that's Sunny Murray, but good eyes. It sure looks like Cyrille. It's possible he was around, but obviously he wasn't playing.

[@astolennova]

I've always thought (and heard) that that's Mr. Cyrille in this photo.

[@stevedickison]

It’s Andrew

[@danenj7315]

You are all quite correct. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@skiddoo-fr9ex]

@@danenj7315 - the photo must be from a different occasion, several years later.

[@dilanmashru1948]

he sounds remarkably similar to jimmy lyons in this recording

[@danenj7315]

That may in fact be Jimmy Lyons, who is also on here. They are sometimes difficult to tell apart, but it's there.