You can pretty much throw out everything you know about jazz when you listen to this very brisk album. Unlike a number of artists who evolved into the sound, Ayler was pretty much born in it. His major progression was in moving to Sweden and developing more of a rapport with the Euro-jazz scene.
As I have previously noted, jazz musicians tend to die young and in unusual ways. Ayler took his own life at age 34, jumping off a ferry boat in front of Liberty Island. The other two members of the trio are still around, but mostly retired, Sunny Murray recording for assorted avant-garde labels and Gary Peacock firmly in the ECM camp.
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