A list of the known recording sessions (formal and informal) of Albert Ayler from 1960 to 1970. The information is taken mainly from the book which accompanied the Holy Ghost box set released by Revenant Records in October 2004. Additional information from Albert Ayler: His Life and Music by Jeff Schwartz (1993) and the 1983 discography compiled by Mike Hames.

Albert Ayler Sessionography

1960

U. S. Army 76th A. G. Band
Larry Drabik, Roger Long, ? Holman (t) John Pajak, Max Marable, Thomas Blagg (tb) Willie Gordon (frh) Leo Howard, Ralph Sgrillo (as) Albert Ayler, ? Elseroad (ts) Robert Throne (barsx) ? Babcock (g) Todd Cushman (p) ? Raines (b) Tony Sarmento, Paul Tolar (d)
Orléans, France, September 14, 1960. Rehearsal session.

1962

Herbert Katz Quintet
Albert Ayler (ts) Herbert Katz (g) Teuvo Suojärvi (p) Heikki Annala (b) Martti Äijänen (d)
Yleisradio, Studio 2, Helsinki, Finland,  June 30, 1962 (studio broadcast recording)

Albert Ayler Trio
Albert Ayler (ts) Torbjorn Hultcrantz (b) Sune Spangberg (d)
Main Hall, Academy Of Music, Stockholm, Sweden, October 25, 1962 (location record date)

Something Different!!!!! reissued as The First Recordings Sonet (UK) SNTF604 etc.
The First Recordings, Vol. 2 reissued on DIW (Japan) DIW-25034 (LP), DIW-349 (CD).

Cecil Taylor Quartet
Cecil Taylor (p) Jimmy Lyons (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Sunny Murray (d)
TV-Byen, Copenhagen, Denmark, (possibly) November 16, 1962 (studio broadcast recording)

1963

Albert Ayler Quartet
Albert Ayler (ss 2, ts 3/6) Niels Bronsted (p 2/5) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Ronnie Gardiner (d)
“Jazz ’63” Danmarks Radio Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 14, 1963 (studio broadcast recording)

Also issued as Free Jazz on America (France) 30 AM 6100 and Freedom (France) 511016.
Note: ’Introduction’ omitted from some reissues.

Ornette Coleman ‘Group’
Ornette Coleman (t), Norman Butler (as, cello), Charles Tyler (C-melody sax), Albert Ayler (ts), Fred Lyman (banjo), Earle Henderson (b)
Apartment of Fred Lyman, New York, early December 1963 (informal performance recording)

Cecil Taylor Unit
Jimmy Lyons (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Cecil Taylor (p) Henry Grimes (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 31 December, 1963 (public performance recording)

Note: Mike Hames adds the following note about this recording:
“I have been unable to find anyone who can confirm the existence of this tape, though it is conventional to list it.”
The Holy Ghost book follows the convention.

1964

Albert Ayler Quartet
Albert Ayler (ts, ss) Call Cobbs (p) Henry Grimes (b -2,3,5/10) Sunny Murray (d -2,3,5/10)
Atlantic Studios, New York, February 24, 1964 (studio record date)

Note: On the original Osmosis release, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is renamed Swing Low Sweet Spiritual, and there are no apostrophes in the other titles.

Albert Ayler Quintet
Norman Howard (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Henry Grimes (b -1,2,4) Earle Henderson (b -1,3) Sunny Murray (d)
Atlantic Studios, New York, February 24, 1964 (studio record date)

Also issued as Witches and Devils on Polydor (UK) 2383.089 etc.

Albert Ayler Trio
Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Cellar Cafe, New York, June 14, 1964 (public performance recording)

Prophecy coupled with Bells on ESP/ZYX (Germany)1010-2, Get Back (Italy) 1003CD and ESP 4006.
Additional tracks from Albert Smiles With Sunny also issued on Holy Ghost Revenant Records RVN 213.
Note: I have used the track titles from the Holy Ghost set rather than those from Albert Smiles With Sunny, which were:
1. Sweet Variation (1)
2. Ghost (another variation)
3. The truth is marching in
4. no Head
5. Sweet Variation (2)
On Albert Smiles With Sunny there is no break between track 10 and 11.

Albert Ayler Trio
Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
New York, July 10, 1964 (studio record date)

Note: The first pressings of Spiritual Unity contained the longer, 7:45, version of ‘Spirits’. This was then replaced with the shorter version which has appeared on all the subsequent issues, apart from the 1996 gold CD version released in Japan, (Venus Records TKCZ-36010), which contains both versions. However, the second version of ‘Spirits’ is not an alternate take but a different tune entirely. And, to confuse matters further, neither corresponds to the tune known as ‘Spirits’ elsewhere. The first version of ‘Spirits’, appearing on the initial pressings of Spiritual Unity and subsequently referred to as the ‘alternate take’ corresponds to ‘Vibrations’ on Ghosts and The Copenhagen Tapes. The second version of ‘Spirits’ which replaced the first on subsequent pressings of Spiritual Unity appears as ‘Saints’ on Witches & Devils and The Copenhagen Tapes.

Albert Ayler - Don Cherry Sextet
Don Cherry (t, cor) Roswell Rudd (tb) John Tchicai (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sonny Murray (d)
New York, July 17, 1964 (location record date)

Albert Ayler Quartet
Don Cherry (cor) Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Cafe Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 3, 1964 (location broadcast recording)

Tracks 1-3 also issued on Albert Ayler Live In Europe 1964 - 1966 on Landscape (France) LS2-902, Landscape 902 (CD).
All tracks issued on The Copenhagen Tapes Ayler Records (Sweden) aylCD-033 and Holy Ghost Revenant Records RVN 213.
Note: Track 3 on Albert Ayler Philology (Italy) W 88 is mistitled as ‘Holy Spirits’ and the recording date is given as November 5th, 1964, which is incorrect.

Albert Ayler Quartet
Don Cherry (cor) Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Danmarks Radio Radiohuset Studio 2, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 10, 1964 (studio broadcast recording)

Albert Ayler Quartet
Don Cherry (cor) Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Copenhagen, Denmark, September 14, 1964 (studio record date)

Also issued as Vibrations on Freedom FLP 40117 etc. Also released as I Grandi del Jazz 12 (Italy) GdJ12 and a cassette version was attached to a booklet produced in Italy by Fabbri Editore in 1987.

Albert Ayler Quartet
Don Cherry (cor) Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
VARA Studio, Radio Nederland, Hilversum, Holland, November 9, 1964 (studio broadcast recording)

The Hilversum Session reissued on DIW (Japan) 25009, Coppens (Holland) 6001 (CD), DIW (Japan) 330 (CD), ESP-Disk’ (US) ESP 4035.

1965

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Joel Freedman (cello) Lewis Worrell (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Village Gate, New York, March 28, 1965  (public performance recording)

Holy Ghost also issued on Re-evaluation: The Impulse Years Impulse (US) AS-9257-2, Energy Essentials Impulse (US) ASD9228, La Saga Heroique d'Albert Ayler Impulse AS-1024, Pathe (France) 2C.154-92336/7 and Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings Impulse (US) IMPD 2-273 (according to the sleevenotes of which, the unreleased track, Saints, is believed lost).

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Charles Tyler (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Lewis Worrell (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Town Hall, New York, May 1, 1965 (public performance recording)

Also issued on CD coupled with Prophecy on ESP/ZYX (Germany)1010-2, Get Back (Italy) GET 1003CD and ESP-Disk’ (US) ESP 4006.

Albert Ayler Sextet
Donald Ayler (t -1/3,5) Charles Tyler (as -1/3,5) Albert Ayler (ts) Henry Grimes, Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d) Call Cobbs (hpsc -4)
Judson Hall, New York, September 23, 1965 (location record date)

‘Holy Family’, was also issued on an ESP-disk 45 rpm single (ESP 4506), b/w Ornette Coleman’s ‘Sadness’.

Sunny Murray Quintet
Don Cherry (cor) Albert Ayler (ts) Henry Grimes, Lewis Worrell (b) Sunny Murray (d) Leroi Jones (recit -3)
Brooklyn, New York, November 17, 1965 (studio record date)

‘The Lie’ issued as 45” with DIW 25002. All tracks issued on DIW (Japan) DIW-355.

1966

Burton Greene Quintet
Albert Ayler, Frank Smith (ts) Burton Greene (p) Steve Tintweiss (b) Rashied Ali (d)
Slugs’, New York, January or February, 1966 (public performance recording)

John Coltrane Nonet
Donald Ayler (t) John Coltrane (ss, ts, per) Carlos Ward (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Pharoah Sanders (ts, perc) Alice Coltrane (p) Jimmy Garrison (b) Rashied Ali, J.C. Moses (d)
‘Titans of the Tenor’, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, February 19, 1966 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Mutawef Shaheed [then known as Clyde Shy] (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
La Cave, Cleveland, April 16, 1966 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Frank Wright (ts -4/9) Michel Samson (v) Mutawef Shaheed [then known as Clyde Shy] (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
La Cave, Cleveland, April 17, 1966

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Lewis Worrell (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
Slugs’, New York, May 1, 1966 (public performance recording)

Base (Italy) 3031 also released on DIW (Japan) 1001, and as Truth is Marching In on Magic Music (Germany) LP10003, CD30003. Base (Italy) 3032 also released on DIW (Japan) 1002, and as Black Revolt on Magic Music (Germany) LP10004, CD30004. Both original volumes released as In Memory of Albert Ayler, Jazz Door 1203, and as Complete Live At Slug’s Saloon, Lonehill Jazz (Spain) LHJ 10101. ESP-DISK (Japan) TKCZ-79158 (both volumes plus additional track) also released as Slugs Saloon on Get Back (Italy) GET 1018CD, GET 1018LP, Fruit Tree 841 and ESP 4025.

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany, November 3, 1966 (public performance recording)

All tracks released on Albert Ayler Live In Europe 1964-1966 Landscape (France) LS2-902, Landscape 902 (CD) and Holy Ghost Revenant Records RVN 213.

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
SWF Television studio, Munich, Germany, November 4, 5 or 6, 1966 (studio broadcast recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Lörrach, Germany, November 7,1966 (location broadcast recording)

Also released as Jesus on Jazz Galore (Italy) 1002

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 8,1966 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Koncerthus, Stockholm, Sweden, November 10,1966 (location broadcast recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 11,1966 (location broadcast recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, November 13,1966 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
’Jazz Goes to College’ BBC TV recording, London School of Economics, London, England, November 15,1966 (location broadcast recording)

Note: The programme was never broadcast and the tapes were later wiped.

Albert Ayler Sextet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Call Cobbs (p -5) Bill Folwell, Henry Grimes (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Village Vanguard, New York, December 18,1966 (public performance recording)

1967

Albert Ayler Septet
Donald Ayler (t -2/8) George Stell (tb -8) Albert Ayler (as -1, ts) Michel Samson (v) Joel Freedman (cello) Bill Folwell, Alan Silva (b) Beaver Harris (d -2/8)
Village Theatre, New York, February 26,1967 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t)  Albert Ayler (ss, as, ts, voc) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Milford Graves (d)
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, June 30/July 1,1967 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quartet
Donald Ayler (t)  Albert Ayler (ts, voc) Richard Davis (b) Milford Graves (d)
‘Funeral of John Coltrane’, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, New York, July 21, 1967 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t -1/3,5)  Albert Ayler (as, ts, voc) Call Cobbs (harpsichord -3/4,6) Alan Silva (b) Milford Graves (d)
Capitol Studios, New York, August 31,1967 (studio record date)

1968

Pharoah Sanders Ensemble
Chris Capers (t) unknown (as) Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, unknown (ts) Dave Burrell (p) Sirone (b) Roger Blank (d)
Renaissance Ballroom, New York, January 21,1968 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t -2/3,5)  Albert Ayler (as, ts, voc) Call Cobbs (harpsichord -1,4) Alan Silva (b) Milford Graves (d)
Capitol Studios, New York, February 13,1968 (studio record date)

Albert Ayler Sextet
Albert Ayler (ts, voc, recit -2) Call Cobbs (p, Rocksichord) Bill Folwell (el bg) Bernard Purdie (d) Mary Maria (Parks) (voc, tambourine) Vivian Bostic (voc)
New York, late August/early September,1968 (studio record date)

Albert Ayler Quartet
Albert Ayler (ts, voc) Call Cobbs (keyboards) Bill Folwell (el bg) Bernard Purdie (d)
The Record Plant, New York, September 5,1968 (studio record date)
Albert Ayler (ts, voc, recit, whistling) Call Cobbs (keyboards) Bill Folwell (el bg) Bernard Purdie (d)
The Record Plant, New York, September 6,1968 (studio record date)
Albert Ayler (ts, voc, recit) possibly: Call Cobbs (keyboards) Bill Folwell (el bg) Bernard Purdie (d)
Studio, 43rd Street, New York, after September 6,1968 (studio record date)
Overdubbing section:
Burt Collins, Joe Newman (t) Garnett Brown (tb) Seldon Powell (ts,, f) Buddy Lucas (bs) The Soul SIngers (voc) Bert DeCoteaux (arr, cond)
New York, on or after September 6,1968

Note: No details as to what tracks were recorded at which session for New Grass. The information about the unreleased track is taken from the Jeff Schwartz biography.
Free At Last b/w New Ghosts released as Impulse 45-273. New Generation b/w Heart Love released in France as EMI/$tateside C006-90158.

1969

Don Ayler Sextet
Don Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (as) Sam Rivers (ts) Richard Johnson (p) Richard Davis, Ibrahim Wahen (b) Muhammad Ali (d)
Town Hall, New York, January 11, 1969 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Sextet
Albert Ayler (ts, voc) Bobby Few (p) Stafford James (b) Bill Folwell (el bg) Muhammad Ali (d) Mary Maria (Parks) (voc)
Plaza Sound Studios, New York, August 26,1969 (studio record date)

Albert Ayler Sextet
Albert Ayler (ts, bagpipes, voc) Henry Vestine (g -4,6) Bobby Few (p) Stafford James (b) Bill Folwell (el bg) Muhammad Ali (d) Mary Maria (Parks) (voc)
Plaza Sound Studios, New York, August 27,1969 (studio record date)

Note: The information about the unreleased tracks is taken from the Jeff Schwartz biography.
The Holy Ghost book states that “Ayler was also likely involved in an Aug. 28 overdub session.”

Albert Ayler Duo
Albert Ayler (ts, bagpipes, voc) Henry Vestine (g)
Plaza Sound Studios, New York, August 29,1969 (studio record date)

1970

Albert Ayler Quartet
Albert Ayler (ss, ts, musette, voc) Mary Maria (Parks) (ss, voc) Steve Tintweiss (b) Allen Blairman (d)
Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence, France, July 25, 1970 (public performance recording)

Also issued as Live On The Riviera on ESP-Disk’ (US) ESP 4001.

Albert Ayler Quintet
Albert Ayler (ts) Mary Maria (Parks) (ss, voc -8) Call Cobbs (p) Steve Tintweiss (b) Allen Blairman (d)
Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence, France, July 27, 1970 (public performance recording)

Also released as double LP set Shandar (France) 83503/83504. Volume 1 released as Fondation Maeght Nights on Jazz View 004 and 005. Single CD version on Water (US) 103 and as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght 1970 on Lonehill Jazz (Spain) LHJ10215.

Albert Ayler Quintet
Albert Ayler (ts, voc) Call Cobbs (p) Steve Tintweiss (b, voc) Allen Blairman (d) prob. Mary Maria (Parks) (tambourine)
Village Vacances Tourisme, La Colle sur Loup, France, July 28, 1970 (public performance recording)

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Alfie Cook suggested I add a Don Ayler sessionography to the site and provided me with the details, which I’ve reformatted to match the above.

Donald Ayler Sessionography

1965

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Joel Freedman (cello) Lewis Worrell (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Village Gate, New York, March 28, 1965  (public performance recording)

Holy Ghost also issued on Re-evaluation: The Impulse Years Impulse (US) AS-9257-2, Energy Essentials Impulse (US) ASD9228, La Saga Heroique d'Albert Ayler Impulse AS-1024, Pathe (France) 2C.154-92336/7 and Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings Impulse (US) IMPD 2-273 (according to the sleevenotes of which, the unreleased track, Saints, is believed lost).

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Charles Tyler (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Lewis Worrell (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Town Hall, New York, May 1, 1965 (public performance recording)

Also issued on CD coupled with Prophecy on ESP/ZYX (Germany)1010-2, Get Back (Italy) GET 1003CD and ESP-Disk’ (US) ESP 4006.

Albert Ayler Sextet
Donald Ayler (t) Charles Tyler (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Henry Grimes, Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
Judson Hall, New York, September 23, 1965 (location record date)

‘Holy Family’, was also issued on an ESP-disk 45 rpm single (ESP 4506), b/w Ornette Coleman’s ‘Sadness’.

1966

John Coltrane Nonet
Donald Ayler (t) John Coltrane (ss, ts, per) Carlos Ward (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Pharoah Sanders (ts, perc) Alice Coltrane (p) Jimmy Garrison (b) Rashied Ali, J.C. Moses (d)
‘Titans of the Tenor’, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, February 19, 1966 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Mutawef Shaheed [then known as Clyde Shy] (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
La Cave, Cleveland, April 16, 1966 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Frank Wright (ts -4/9) Michel Samson (v) Mutawef Shaheed [then known as Clyde Shy] (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
La Cave, Cleveland, April 17, 1966

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Lewis Worrell (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
Slugs’, New York, May 1, 1966 (public performance recording)

Base (Italy) 3031 also released on DIW (Japan) 1001, and as Truth is Marching In on Magic Music (Germany) LP10003, CD30003. Base (Italy) 3032 also released on DIW (Japan) 1002, and as Black Revolt on Magic Music (Germany) LP10004, CD30004. Both original volumes released as In Memory of Albert Ayler, Jazz Door 1203, and as Complete Live At Slug’s Saloon, Lonehill Jazz (Spain) LHJ 10101. ESP-DISK (Japan) TKCZ-79158 (both volumes plus additional track) also released as Slugs Saloon on Get Back (Italy) GET 1018CD, GET 1018LP, Fruit Tree 841 and ESP 4025.

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany, November 3, 1966 (public performance recording)

All tracks released on Albert Ayler Live In Europe 1964-1966 Landscape (France) LS2-902, Landscape 902 (CD) and Holy Ghost Revenant Records RVN 213.

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
SWF Television studio, Munich, Germany, November 4, 5 or 6, 1966 (studio broadcast recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Lörrach, Germany, November 7,1966 (location broadcast recording)

Also released as Jesus on Jazz Galore (Italy) 1002

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 8,1966 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Koncerthus, Stockholm, Sweden, November 10,1966 (location broadcast recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 11,1966 (location broadcast recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, November 13,1966 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Beaver Harris (d)
’Jazz Goes to College’ BBC TV recording, London School of Economics, London, England, November 15,1966 (location broadcast recording)

Note: The programme was never broadcast and the tapes were later wiped.

Albert Ayler Sextet
Donald Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell, Henry Grimes (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Village Vanguard, New York, December 18,1966 (public performance recording)

1967

Albert Ayler Septet
Donald Ayler (t) George Stell (tb -7) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Samson (v) Joel Freedman (cello) Bill Folwell, Alan Silva (b) Beaver Harris (d)
Village Theatre, New York, February 26,1967 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t)  Albert Ayler (ss, as, ts, voc) Michel Samson (v) Bill Folwell (b) Milford Graves (d)
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, June 30/July 1,1967 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quartet
Donald Ayler (t)  Albert Ayler (ts, voc) Richard Davis (b) Milford Graves (d)
‘Funeral of John Coltrane’, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, New York, July 21, 1967 (public performance recording)

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t)  Albert Ayler (as, ts, voc) Call Cobbs (harpsichord -3) Alan Silva (b) Milford Graves (d)
Capitol Studios, New York, August 31,1967 (studio record date)

1968

Albert Ayler Quintet
Donald Ayler (t)  Albert Ayler (as, ts, voc) Alan Silva (b) Milford Graves (d)
Capitol Studios, New York, February 13,1968 (studio record date)

Don Ayler Group
Donald Ayler (t) others unknown.
Venue and date unknown.
Recording session for Amiri Baraka’s Jihad label.

1969

Don Ayler Sextet
Don Ayler (t) Albert Ayler (as) Sam Rivers (ts) Richard Johnson (p) Richard Davis, Ibrahim Wahen (b) Muhammad Ali (d)
Town Hall, New York, January 11, 1969 (public performance recording)

1981

Don Ayler Septet
Don Ayler (t) Abdul Rahim Mustafa (reeds) Frank Doblekar (ts) Anthony “Tony” Smith (p) John Davis (g) Richard “Radu” Williams (b) Jerry Griffin (perc)
Theatre Andromeda, Florence, Italy, July 18, 1981 (public performance recording)

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