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Albert Ayler

Born: July 13, 1936

Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was born on July 13th 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He learned to play the alto sax at a young age. His father, Edward, encouraged his musical interests and was his first teacher. Albert Ayler continued his musical education at John Adams High School, where he played oboe, and at the local music academy. His first gig was with Lloyd Pearson and his Counts of Rhythm when has was 15 in 1951. This led to a job with Little Walter Jacobs’ R&B band with whom he spent the following two summer vacations traveling. After graduating from high school in 1954 he went to a local college but financial difficulties forced him to leave college in 1956 and join the army

1966: Berlin, Lörrach, Paris & Stockholm. Revisited

By Albert Ayler

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2021
Track listing: (CD1) Berlin, November 3, 1966: Truth Is Marching In; Omega (Is The Alpha); Our Prayer / Truth Is Marching In / Our Prayer; Ghost / Bells; Lörrach, November 7, 1966: Bells; Prophet; Our Prayer / Spirits Rejoice; Ghosts; Truth Is Marching In; (CD2) Paris, November 13, 1966: Ghosts; Spiritual Rebirth / Light In Darkness / Infinite Spirit; All / Our Prayer / Holy Family; Stockholm, November 10, 1966: Truth Is Marching In; Omega (Is The Alpha); Our Prayer / Bells; Infinite Spirit / Japan.

European Recordings Autumn 1964 Revisited

By Albert Ayler

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2021
Track listing: CD1: Angels; C.A.C.; Ghosts; Infant Happiness; Spirits; No Name; Vibrations; Saints; Spirits. CD2: Spirits; Vibrations; Saints; Mothers; Children; Spirits.

New York Ear and Eye Control Revisited

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2021
Track listing: Don's Dawn; A Y; ITT.

New York Eye And Ear Control Revisited

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2021
Track listing: Don’s Dawn; A Y; ITT.

A Conversation with Amiri Baraka

by Lazaro Vega
July 16, 2021

From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in November 1999. All About Jazz: I'm just really happy to see that in the last year or so you've become a much more public figure outside of academia through the recording with Hugh Ragin, Afternoon in Harlem on Justin-time, that When ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Albert Ayler

July 13, 2021

All About Jazz is celebrating Albert Ayler's birthday today! Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was born on July 13th 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He learned to play the alto sax at a young age. His father, Edward, encouraged his musical interests and was his first teacher. Albert Ayler continued his musical education at John Adams High ...

Albert Ayler Quartet with Don Cherry: European Recordings Autumn 1964 Revisited

by Chris May
June 30, 2021

Many attempts have been made to locate the source of tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler's muse in American history and culture. Among the less outlandish suggestions are the field hollers of slaves toiling on Southern plantations and the Pentecostal church's tradition of talking in tongues. Given the importance Ayler's parents placed on him attending church as a ...

Cecil Taylor: Mixed to Unit Structures Revisited

by Chris May
June 22, 2021

This story has been revisited before, in the context of an Albert Ayler review, but good stories bear repeating, particularly when they are instructive ones. So here it is again... During a May 2021 interview with All About Jazz, the reed player Shabaka Hutchings was asked to name six albums which had made a more than ...

Best Jazz Ghost Tracks and Other Spectral Jazz, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 22, 2021

We continue our exploration of great tunes that--for a reason or another--were concealed to great effect but also never received the attention they deserved. We'll try to remedy that focusing on ghost-tracks, and other ghostly jazz. We were supposed to select ten tunes... but there were at least thirteen more, plus a couple more ghost-related tunes. ...