New York Eye and Ear Control
Studio album by Albert Ayler et al
Released	1965
Recorded	July 17, 1964
Genre	Free jazz
Length	43:19
Label	ESP-Disk
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New York Eye and Ear Control is an album of group improvisations recorded by an augmented version of Albert Ayler's group to provide the soundtrack for Michael Snow's film of the same name. A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... ESP-Disk is a New York-based label, owned and operated by Bernard Stollman. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936–November 1970) was an American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ... Interior of the Eaton Centre showing one of Michael Snow and Joyce Wielands best known sculptures, called Flightstop, which depict Canada Geese in flight. ...

Critics have compared it with the key free jazz recordings: Ornette Coleman's earlier Free Jazz and John Coltrane's subsequent Ascension. John Litweiler regards it favourably in comparison because of its "free motion of tempo (often slow, usually fast); of ensemble density (players enter and depart at will); of linear movement" ^[1]. Ekkehard Jost places it in the same company and comments on "extraordinarily intensive give-and-take by the musicians" and "a breadth of variation and differentiation on all musical levels" ^[2]. Ascension is a jazz album by John Coltrane. ...

Track listing

1. "Don's Dawn" (Cherry/Peacock) – 0:57
2. "AY" – 20:17
3. "ITT" – 22:05

Musicians

Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936–November 1970) was an American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ...

Don Cherry - trumpet Don Cherry (November 18, 1936–October 19, 1995) was an innovative jazz trumpeter probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. ...

John Tchicai - alto saxophone John Martin Tchicai (born April 28, 1936) is a Danish jazz saxophonist. ...

Roswell Rudd - trombone Roswell Rudd (born Roswell Hopkins Rudd, Jr. ...

Gary Peacock - bass Gary Peacock (born 12 May 1935 in Burley, Idaho) is an American jazz double-bassist. ...

Sunny Murray - drums Sunny Murray is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. ...

References

• ^  Jost, Ekkehard (1975). Free Jazz (Studies in Jazz Research 4). Universal Edition. 
• ^  Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. Da Capo.