February 24, 1964 at Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre
Free jazz
Length
45:26Goin'Home with bonus tracks
Label
Osmosis (Denmark) 4001 Black Lion BLCD 760197
Producer
Robert Altshuler and Jørgen Frigaard
Albert Ayler chronology
Spirits (1964)
Swing Low Sweet Spiritual (1981)
Prophecy (1964)
Goin'Home Cover
Swing Low Sweet Spiritual is an album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler recorded in New York City at the same session that produced Spirits in 1964 and intended for release on the Danish Debut label but first released in 1981 on the Dutch Osmosis label then re-released on CD with bonus tracks on the Black Lion label as Goin' Home.[1][2]
^Albert Ayler discography accessed October 28, 2014
^Albert Ayler sessionography, accessed October 28, 2014
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SwingLowSweetSpiritual is an album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler recorded in New York City at the same session that produced Spirits...
two albums, Spirits, later reissued as Witches & Devils, and SwingLowSweetSpiritual.) In early 1964, Ayler briefly joined a quartet led by Paul Bley...
the chariot. The title and lyrics are very similar to the spiritual song "SwingLow, Sweet Chariot", and is thought to be an adaptation of said song....
subsequent jazz musicians. His trio and quartet records of 1964, such as Spiritual Unity and The Hilversum Session, show him advancing the improvisational...
Big T's Jazz (Decca, 1956) This Is Teagarden! (Capitol, 1956) SwingLow, SweetSpiritual (Capitol, 1957) Jazz Ultimate with Bobby Hackett (Capitol, 1958)...
Spiritual Unity (ESP Disk, 1965) Bells (ESP Disk, 1965) The New Wave in Jazz (Impulse!, 1965) New York Eye and Ear Control (ESP Disk, 1966) SwingLow...
origin of spirituals can seldom actually be credited to individuals, but it is a matter of record that 'Uncle' Willis sang 'SwingLow, Sweet Chariot,'...
"Spirits" ("C.A.C." is nearly identical to "The Wizard", which appeared on Spiritual Unity) plus one by Cherry ("Infant Happiness"), as well as one new Ayler...
couldn't connect the dots between New Orleans and European military bands, spirituals and the naive nature of Ayler's art... The title track borrows from 'La...
freedom. Other spirituals that some believe have coded messages include "The Gospel Train", "Song of the Free", and "SwingLow, Sweet Chariot", "Follow...
Albert's sound here... isn't so very different from that of the revered Spiritual Unity... Ayler made an apparently radical stylistic switch in order to...
Softly, the Brazilian Sound (Warner Bros., 1964) Jack Teagarden, SwingLowSweetSpiritual (Capitol, 1957) Mel Torme, I Dig the Duke I Dig the Count (Verve...
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