the great jazz trio at the village vanguard rar

Spiritual Unity, which also featured trumpeter Roy Campbell who sadly passed away earlier this year, released an eponymously-named album in 2005 (Pi Recordings). But with Grimes, Ribot was able to reach back in time to connect with Ayler in a way that he could never have dreamed of. Ribot had covered Ayler tunes many times before, including on his albums Shrek (1994), Dont Blame Me (1995), and most spectacularly on Saints (Atlantic, 2001). The trio is an offshoot of Spiritual Unity, a band that Ribot formed in 2004 to play the music of Ayler with the recently re-surfaced Grimes. Ayler, whose unusual compositional sense and improvisational urgency Ribot has long looked to for inspiration, also serves as the bands touchstone.

His subsequent re-emergence on the jazz scene in 2003 after a 35-year absence with all of his performing faculties intact is testament to the power of music and the human spirit. The occasion was also special because it marked the first appearance by Henry Grimes at The Vanguard since Decemwhen he performed with the saxophonist Albert Ayler, which was recorded and subsequently released on the landmark album Albert Ayler In Greenwich Village (Impulse! Grimes mysteriously disappeared soon thereafter. The room was packed for much of the six-night run, filled with people who might have been curious to see what transgression Ribot would bring to bear. It was Ribot’s debut as a leader at the iconic venue he had appeared there only once before, backing the singer/pianist/composer Allen Toussaint, and his engagement came as a surprise to many, seeming to run counter to the clubs usual inclination towards a jazz mainstream. Live at the Village Vanguard captures guitarist Marc Ribot with his trio, featuring bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Chad Taylor, in an electrically-charged 2012 set at the Greenwich Village club.

The great jazz trio at the village vanguard rar