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in some respects was his most accessible album. Yet, even though it was misunderstood and virtually hated by critics and fans alike, it has ironically stood the test time and become a landmark album of sorts... Jazz and even avant-garde was well accepted and established while soul music was viewed by
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many as primitive. Ayler challenged these norms by melding the two in this adventurous outing, filled with joyous grooves, unbridled passionate vocals, and surprising arrangements. Nothing existed like this before, and nothing has since...
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Guide's Al
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popular music was so distanced from reality that it became its own self-contained universe."
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970:As Serious As Your Life
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926:The Cricket
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730:photography
642:, tenor sax
615:Buddy Lucas
539:Performance
417:selling out
1254:Categories
771:References
756:Bob Thiele
659:Production
630:Joe Newman
575:Call Cobbs
549:recitation
421:Larry Neal
138:chronology
129:Bob Thiele
1205:New Grass
1200:(1967–68)
1192:(1966–67)
1072:(1962–70)
1059:As leader
835:Pitchfork
697:mastering
675:conductor
632:– trumpet
561:whistling
534:Personnel
492:New Grass
488:New Grass
483:New Grass
475:New Grass
473:this?...
467:Pitchfork
460:New Grass
439:New Grass
321:Pitchfork
223:Reception
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183:New Grass
158:New Grass
117:(reissue)
33:New Grass
1197:Love Cry
1109:Prophecy
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796:Allmusic
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706:engineer
671:arranger
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570:trombone
430:AllMusic
247:Allmusic
149:Love Cry
124:Producer
110:Impulse!
68:Recorded
60:Released
50: by
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207:rock
203:soul
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