The Albert Ayler Quintet outside Slug's Saloon
Daniel Beban who runs Wellington sound exploration space The Pyramid Club met a fascinating character recently, who once ran an establishment of his own - Slug's Saloon.
When Orchestra of Spheres played Golden Bay’s Mussel Inn, Beban got to talking to New York City native Jerry Schultz, now known as Gopal Krishna and resident in Onekaka, who it turns out opened Slug’s Saloon, an underground jazz club in New York that was once a hotspot of 60s counterculture and revolutionary jazz music.
So, the next time Beban was in Golden Bay, he took a recorder so he could get the history of Jerry Schultz - and the history of Slug’s - on tape.
Playlist
Artist: Alice Coltrane
Songs: Journey in Satchidananda
Composer: Alice Coltrane
Album: Journey in Satchidananda
Label: Impulse
Artist: Albert Ayler Quintet
Track: Our Prayer
Composer: Albert Ayler
Album: At Slug’s Saloon, May 1 1966
Label: ESP Disk
Artist: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messenger
Track: New World
Composer: Slide Hampton
Album : Live at Slugs
Label: Empire Music Group Inc
Artist: Thelonius Monk
Track: Body and Soul
Composer: Johnny Green
Album: The Complete Riverside Recordings
Label: Riverside
Artist: Cecil Taylor
Track: Steps
Composer: Cecil Taylor
Album: Unit Structures
Label: Blue Note
Catalogue #: CDP 7 842372
Artist: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messenger
Track: Slide No. 2
Composer: Slide Hampton
Album : Live at Slugs
Label: Empire Music Group Inc
Artist: Sun Ra
Track: Discipline 11
Composer: Sun Ra
Album : Live at Slugs Saloon
Label: Transparency
Artist: Sun Ra
Track: Theme of the Stargazers
Composer: Sun Ra
Album : Live at Slugs Saloon
Label: Transparency
Artist: Elvin Jones
Track: Blues Inside Out
Composer: George Coleman
Album : Skyscrapers Vol. 1
Label: Honeydew Records
Artist: Lee Morgan Quartet
Track: Since I Fell For You
Composer: Buddy Johnson
Album : Candy
Label: Blue Note
Artist: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messenger
Track: New World
Composer: Slide Hampton
Album :‘Live at Slugs’
Label: Empire Music Group Inc
Artist: Charles Lloyd
Track: Love Song to a Baby
Composer: Charles Lloyd
Album: Dream Weaver – The Atlantic Years 1966-69
Label: Rhino
Artist: Pharoah Sanders
Track: The Creator Has a Master Plan Part 1
Composer: Pharoah Sanders / Leon Thomas
Album: Karma
Label: Impulse
Artist: Jackie McLean
Track: Blue Rondo
Composer: Jackie McLean
Album: One Step Beyond
Label: Blue Note
Artist: John Coltrane
Track: Configuration
Composer: John Coltrane
Album: Stellar Regions
Label: Impulse
Artist: John Coltrane
Track: Naima
Composer: John Coltrane
Album: Live at the Village Vanguard Again
Label: Impulse
Artist: Albert Ayler
Track: DC
Composer: Albert Ayler
Album: Spirit