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Albert Ayler ( / ˈaɪlər /; July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. [1] After early experience playing R&B and bebop, Ayler began recording music during the free jazz era of the 1960s.
Apr 28, 2016 · In the summer of 1963, a tenor saxophonist named Albert Ayler moved into a room in a flat owned by his aunt, across the street from St. Nicholas Park in Harlem. It wasn’t the 27-year-old’s first...
Home. Albert Ayler (1936 - 1970) Biography. [A brief biography of Albert Ayler] Discography. [Complete discography with alternate album titles] The Music. [A few mp3s, sheet music, a list of other versions of Ayler tunes and tributes, and breakdowns of the 1966 European tour recordings and the Slugs’ and La Cave sessions] The Archives.
Albert Ayler, American tenor saxophonist whose innovations in style and technique were a major influence on free jazz. His work was characterized by big sound, multiphonics notes, and overtone cries. Even amid extremes of sound and violent emotion, his solos were uniquely structured.
Apr 26, 2022 · The music of Albert Ayler —who died in 1970, at the age of thirty-four—is the ne plus ultra of jazz. He did for music what Jackson Pollock did for painting and, like Pollock, he didn’t live...
Oct 31, 2022 · Richard Kolada's book explores the life and music of Albert Ayler, a free-jazz saxophonist who influenced rock musicians but was ignored in his own country. It covers his radical sound, his themes, his brother Donald, and his mysterious death.
Albert Ayler (born July 13, 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio (USA), died November 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer, the older brother of Donald Ayler. On November 25, 1970, his body was found floating in the East River, at the foot of Congress Street Pier, in Brooklyn, New York (USA). Show more.
