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Albert Ayler Quartet: Reference: Albert Ayler Quartet Goin' Home 1964
by Mark Corroto
On February 24, 1964, Albert Ayler entered Atlantic Studios in New York City to record a series of compositions that would help define the saxophonist's legacy and, arguably, alter the course of jazz. The Cleveland, Ohio, native had recently returned from Europe, where he had performed with Cecil Taylor's quartet and at the urging of Swedish saxophonist and clarinetist Bengt Nordström, Ayler recorded a program of jazz standards. That February New York session would eventually be released under ...
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by Chris May
There are lovingly curated box sets and there is Albert Ayler's Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings. The 5 x LP / 4 x CD set documents in full the two concerts Ayler gave at the high-end performance and visual arts facility in Provence, France in July 1970, just four months before he passed, so tragically and prematurely. Everything about the release is near perfect, from the sonics through to the hundred-page booklet which project producer Zev Feldman ...
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