Versions

Don Cherry
Live at Cafe Montmartre, 1966: Volume 2
‘Suite for Albert Ayler‘(11:13)
(Medley including ‘Ghosts’, ‘Holy Spirit’ and ‘Mothers’)
1966
Magnetic Records MRCD112
ESP 4043 (2008 CD re-release)

Count Basie
Afrique
‘Love Flower’ (2:53)
1970
Flying Dutchman FD10138 / FWT-3, Doctor Jazz FWT- 39520, BMG International 37508 (CD)

Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto
‘Love Flower’ (5:50)
1972
Buddah ST 9000, Cobblestone CST-9000

Lol Coxhill
Welfare State/Lol Coxhill
‘Ghosts’
1973/1975
Virgin/Caroline C1514

Fred Frith
Guitar Solos
‘Ghosts’
1974
Caroline 1508

Mount Everest Trio
Waves From Albert Ayler
‘Spirits’ (4:26)
1975
Unheard Music Series/Atavistic 202

Léon Francioli, Beb Guérin, Bernard Lubat, Michel Portal
Chateauvallon 76
‘Angels’
1976 (released 1979)
L’Escargot ESC 382

Yosuke Yamashita Trio
Ghosts by Albert Ayler
‘Ghosts’ (35:30)
1977
Westwind 2050

Eugene Chadbourne
Ghost Legends
‘Ghosts’ (8:57)
1977
House of Chadula

Frank Lowe & Eugene Chadbourne
Don't Punk Out
‘Ghosts’ (4:19)
1980
Emanem 4043

Lester Bowie
All The Magic!
‘Ghosts’ (3:09)
1982
ECM 810625

The Promenaders
The Promenaders
‘Ghosts’
‘Holy Family’
1982
Y Records Y 31

Joe McPhee, Bill Smith Ensemble
Visitation
‘Ghosts’ (7:05)
1983
Sackville 3O36

John Tchicai
Timo's Message
‘Mothers’ (5:46)
1984
Black Saint BSR 0094

Gary Windo
Deep Water
‘Ghosts’ (3:24)
1985
Antilles 422-842574-2, Polygram 842574

Famoudou Don Moye with John Tchicai & Hartmut Geerken
The African Tapes
‘Ghosts’ (4:49)
1985
Golden Years of New Jazz GY 9/10

Eugene Chadbourne
LSD C&W: The History of the Chadbournes in America
‘Ghosts’ (2:01)
1987
Fundamental 19 (LP), House of Chadula 1980B (CD)

Peter Erskine/Marty Krystall/Buell Neidlinger
Aurora
‘Ghosts’ (6:37)
1988
Denon 73148

N.A.D. (Niu Abdominaux Dangereux)
Ghosts
‘Ghosts’ (3:11)
1988
Heron Music HM 702, ITM ITM1454, Basic 50001

Doneda-Lazro Group
General Gramofon
‘Mothers’ (3:27)
1988
NATO Records nato1600

Cruel Frederick
Birth of the Cruel
‘Ghosts’ (7:35)
‘Bells’ (3:07)
1988
SST 127

Giorgio Gaslini
Ayler's Wings
‘Holy Spirit’ (4:34)
‘Mothers’ (5:28)
‘Truth Is Marching In’ (6:16)
‘Omega Is The Alpha/Bells’ (3:44)
‘Angels’ (5:58)
‘Ghosts’ (7:42)
‘Witches and Devils’ (8:46)
‘No Name’ (8:13)
1990
Soul Note 121270

David Moss
My Favorite Things
‘Ghosts’ (2:52)
1990
Intakt 22

Blowhole
Guerilla Jazz
‘Ghosts’
1990
Zabriskie Point - Point 15

Antonio Apuzzo
Electric Dream
‘Ghosts’ (3:08)
1991
Splasc(h) 343

Hal Russell/Michael Staron/Sparrow & Rick Shandling
Albert's Lullaby
‘Vibrations’ (5:29)
‘Ghosts’ (3:53)
1991
Southport 0077, Orchard 6366, Southport 77

Jackson Krall
The Associated Big Band
‘Ghosts’ (12:29)
1991
Stork 1001 (cassette)

Various Artists
Killing Capitalism With Kindness
A Handful of Dust
‘Masonic Inborn (Parts 2 &3)’ (4:05)
1991
Turbulence Records

Crazy Backwards Alphabet
Crazy Backwards Alphabet
‘Ghosts’ (4:18)
1992
SST SSTCD-110

The Flying Luttenbachers
Destructo Noise Explosion: Live at WNUR 2-6-92
‘Witches and Devils’
‘Ghosts’
1992
Coat Tail 6
(download)

Orange Then Blue
While You Were Out
‘Truth Is Marchin’ In’ (8:22)
1992
GM 3028

Eugene Chadbourne
Chadbourne Baptist Church
‘Ghosts’
1992
House of Chadula 1989A

Umberto Petrin
Ooze
‘Our Prayer’ (7:39)
1992
Splasc(h) 384

Daunik Lazro/Jac Berrocal/Didier Levallet/Denis Charles
Outlaws In Jazz
‘Divine Peacemaker’ (9:52)
‘Angels’ (5:12)
1993
Bleu Regard 12140

Lisle Ellis
Elevations
‘Mothers’ (6:05)
1993
Victo CD027

A Handful of Dust
Musica Humana
‘Masonic Inborn (Parts I & II)’ (4:05)
1994
Corpus Hermeticum - Hermes005

Marc Ribot
Shrek
‘Bells’ (10:08)
1994
Avant (Japan) Avan 033

Eugene Chadbourne
Electric Rake Cake
‘Ghosts’ (7:12)
1995
Overtone 1

Marc Ribot
Don’t Blame Me
‘Ghosts’ (4:54)
1995
DIW 902

Saxemble
Saxemble
‘Ghosts’ (6:53)
1995
Warner Brothers 46181

AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark
Hidden in the Stomach
‘Ghosts/Spirits’ (11:52)
1996
Silkheart 149

Prima Materia with Rashied Ali
Bells
‘Bells’ (65:27)
1996
Knitting Factory 190

[2 brief extracts (one 2:06, the other 1:46) open and close the Knitting Factory compilation double CD,
New York Downtown: Jazz And Other Sounds.]

Gary Windo
His Master's Bones
‘Ghosts’ (3:07)
1996
Cuneiform 89

Marc Ribot
Shoe String Symphonettes
‘Bells’ (1:07)
1997
Tzadik TZ 7504

Aylers Angels
Frozen Hammer Vs. Ancient Axe
‘Ghosts’
1997
Hot Cars Warp Records WARP 002 (vinyl)

Orléans
Orléans
‘In Heart Only’ (8:11)
1999
Rectangle AB (CD & vinyl)

AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark
Live at the Glenn Miller Café
‘Ghosts’ (17:47)
1999
Wobbly Rail 8

Ken Vandermark's Sound in Action Trio
Design in Time
‘Angels’ (7:08)
1999
Delmark 516

Marc Ribot
Yo! I Killed Your God
‘Change Has Come’ (9:03)
1999
Tzadik TZ 7134

Robert Reigle
The Marriage of Heaven and Earth
‘Bells’
1999
Acoustic Levitation AL1002

Atalanta
Atalanta Thuis 2
‘Angels’ (3:38)
1999
Atalanta CD 02

Atalanta
Atalanta plus Tony Overwater
‘Angels’ (4:58)
c. 2000
Atalanta CD 06

Eugene Chadbourne
I Talked to Death in Stereo
‘Prophecy’ (7:02)
‘Change Has Come’ (8:56)
2000
Leo 276

Eugene Chadbourne
The Zu Side Of The Chadbourne
‘Spirits’ (5:17)
2000
Felmay Fy 7018

Daunik Lazro
Zong Book
‘In Heart Only’ (5:16)
2000
Émouvance émv 1013

Marius Peyer with Christian Weber & Flo Stoffner
Unsung Songs
‘Ghosts’ (2:53)
2000
Unit 4129

Witches & Devils
At the Empty Bottle
‘Truth Is Marching In’ (12:05)
‘Angels’ (6:05)
‘Bells’ (15:56)
2000
Knitting Factory 282

Robert Reigle
Tenor Saxophone
‘Universal Indians’
2000
Acoustic Levitation

Violent Femmes
Freak Magnet
‘New Generation’ (2:38)
2000
Beyond 78058

Eugene Chadbourne
Ayler Undead
‘Omega Is The Alpha’ (9:45)
‘Infinite Spirit’ (8:00)
‘Witches and Devils’ (8:36)
‘Light in the Darkness’ (9:15)
‘Prophecy’ (9:41)
‘Ghosts’ (10:42)
2001
Grob 321

Rent Romus' Lords of Outland
Avatar in the Field
‘Holy Spirit’
‘Zion Hill’
‘Vibrations’
‘Dancing Flowers’
‘Our Prayer’
2001
Edgetone 4001

Marc Ribot
Saints
‘Saints’
‘Witches and Devils’
2001
Division One/Atlantic 83461-2

Dave Liebman, Jean-Paul Celea, Wolfgang Reisinger
Ghosts
‘Ghosts’ (6:04)
2001
Night Bird

Masabumi Kikuchi Trio
On The Move
‘Ghosts’ (21:32)
2001
Universal/Verve Records UCCJ-2008 (Japan)

World Standard
Jump For Joy - Discover America Series Vol. 3
‘Ghosts’ (3:47)
2002
Daisyworld Discs/Cutting Edge CTCR-14213

AALY Trio/DKV Trio
Double or Nothing
‘Angels’ (21.12)
2002
Okka Disk 12035

Cicala-MVTA
Deko Boko
‘Albert Ayler Medley (Ghost/Bells/Omega/Spiritual Rejoice)’
2002
Nektar

Villerd/Ayler Quartet
One Day...
‘Change Has Come’
‘Truth Is Marching In’
‘Ghosts II’
‘Ghost’
‘Our Prayer’
2002
Arfi AMO31

DKV Trio (Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler,Ken Vandermark)
Trigonometry
‘Love Cry’ (3:17)
2002
Okka Disk OD12042

The Breuss Arrizabalaga Quintet
Nfamoudou - Boudougou
‘Ghosts’ (1:24)
2003
Hazard Records HR038, CD038

Brian Ritchie
Shakuhachi Club NYC
‘Change Has Come’
2004
Weed 7916

Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee
Sounds Like A Sandwich
‘Our Prayer’ (6:23)
2005
Smalltown Superjazzz STSJ103CD

Spiritual Unity (Roy Campbell, Henry Grimes, Marc Ribot, Chad Taylor)
Spiritual Unity
‘Spirits’
‘Truth is Marching In’
‘Saints’
‘Bells’
2005
Pi Recordings Pi15

Mats Gustafsson
Catapult
‘Torparvisa’ (Gunde Johansson) / ‘Angels’ (7:32)
2005
doubtmusic dms-103

Charles Gayle
Live at Glenn Miller Café
[‘Holy Redemption’] / ‘Ghosts’ (14:40)
2006
Ayler Records aylCD-015

“Wergeld
Achtung!
‘Light In Darkness’ (13:08)
‘Our Prayer’ (7:50)
2006
El Gallo Rojo 314-11

Cicala-MVTA
Cicala-MVTA Live! 2006
Albert Ayler Medley:
‘Ghost’, ‘Bells’, ‘Omega’, ‘Spiritual Rejoice’(8:52)
2006
Little More Records TLCA-1021

Zero Point
Plays Albert Ayler
‘Vibrations’ (4:11)
‘The Wizard’ (3:48)
‘Tune Q’ (4:35)
‘Infant Happiness’ (5:17)
‘Saints’ (5:47)
‘Children’ (6:27)
‘Angels’ (3:04)
2007
Ayler Records aylDL-062
(download -only release)

Meditations on Albert Ayler
Live at Glenn Miller Café
‘Ghosts/Truth Is Marching In’ (36:40)
2007
Ayler Records aylDL-066
(download -only release)

Healing Force (Vinny Golia, Aurora Josephson, Henry Kaiser,
Mike Keneally, Joe Morris, Damon Smith, Weasel Walter)
The Songs of Albert Ayler
New ‘New Grass’ / ‘Message from Albert’
‘Music is the Healing Force of the Universe’
‘Japan’ / ‘Universal Indians’
‘A Man is Like a Tree’
‘Oh! Love of Life’
‘Thank God for Women’
‘Heart Love’
‘New Generation’
‘New Ghosts’ / New Message
2007
Cuneiform Records rune255

Alex Bonney
A Tribute To Albert Ayler
‘Holy Family’ (9:51)
‘The Truth Is Marching In’ (6:13)
‘Ghosts (First Variation)’ (9:00)
‘Like Spirits’ (1:40)
‘Spirits Rejoice’ (5:06)
‘A Change Has Come / Our Prayer’ (8:46)
‘Ghosts (Second Variation)’ (2:57)
2007
Loop Collective (download)

Art Ensemble of Chicago
Live at Fabrik, Hamburg 1987
‘Ghosts’ (22:38)
2007
Naughty Dog (download)

Vanita & Johanna Monk
Ghosts
‘Ghosts’ (12.38)
2007
Monastery Records

Brotherhood Consort
Paris 2008
Truth Is Marching In (14:36)
2008

Roy Campbell, Joe McPhee, William Parker, Warren Smith
Tribute to Albert Ayler - Live at the Dynamo
‘Music is the Healing Force of the Universe’ (6:30)
‘Truth Is Marching In’ (13:49)
‘DC & Vibrations’ (16:51)
‘Prophet John’ (Donald Ayler) (15:05)
‘Universal Indians’ (6:40)
2009
Futura Marge 45