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But more importantly, Revelations restores two full sets performed by the tenor saxophonist's band, just months before Ayler was found floating in New York City's East River.
The gorgeous box set - one of many archival jazz gems recently released under the care of producer Zev Feldman - features unseen photos, extensive liner notes and commentary from Ayler's daughter, critics, producers and musicians. "Music is the Healing Force of the Universe" begins and ends Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings. This is not Albert Ayler's last love cry, but it's the last one we can hear.
The stately theme, one that's been echoed by several musicians over many decades, exalts not its creators but creation. "Music is the healing force of the universe," a voice intones with deep vibrato, as sax, piano, upright bass and skittering drums undulate, seemingly in perfect waveform with the vibration. The saxophone responds in kind, not so much dancing or dragging around the melody, but reshaping its purpose: resilient, beautiful, final. But fingers fly over piano keys to settle on floating blocks of sound - restless, yet slow, like a train chugging up a hill. And for a moment, the energy alight from two hours of hard-blown, soul-cleansing music seems on the edge of redoubling its power. A tenor saxophone hops over an interval like it's a turnstile.
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