Albert Ayler BELLS 3/17/23 and first without Bear as

and first without Bear as a member of the band

while the album-closing title track is a murky

Perfectly Good Guitar (5:50)

Limited edition "Sunset Cream Cake" design

Albert Ayler BELLS 3/17/23 and first without Bear asAlbert Ayler's short but definitive album Bells covers about 20 minutes of music from his legendary Town Hall N. Y. C. concert on May Day of 1965. It is not surprising to hear the angst and anguish in their music, considering it was made about five weeks after Black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated. Ayler and his quintet blow their own horns in alert of the "new thing" in jazz coming on strong, with no apologies as to its fierce intent or