| Swing Low Sweet Spiritual | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Albert Ayler |
| Cover: | Swing Low Sweet Spiritual.jpg |
| Released: | 1981 |
| Recorded: | February 24, 1964 at Atlantic Studios, New York City |
| Genre: | Free jazz |
| Length: | 45:26 Goin'Home with bonus tracks |
| Label: | Osmosis (Denmark) 4001 Black Lion BLCD 760197 |
| Producer: | Robert Altshuler and Jørgen Frigaard |
| Chronology: | Albert Ayler |
| Prev Title: | Spirits |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Prophecy |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
Swing Low Sweet Spiritual is an album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler recorded in New York City at the same session that produced Spirits in 1964 and intended for release on the Danish Debut label but first released in 1981 on the Dutch Osmosis label then re-released on CD with bonus tracks on the Black Lion label as Goin' Home.[1] [2]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Ayler works well with his backup group (pianist Call Cobbs, bassist Henry Grimes, and drummer Sunny Murray) and creates very emotional music (really hanging onto the themes)". Al Campbell commented: "These traditional compositions are treated with reverence and a lack of improvisation, played in a quietly passionate but respectful manner. They reveal a sensitivity that was obscured with the emotionally charged tenor screeching of the Ayler originals that were also recorded at this session".[3] [4]