Albert Ayler

Ayler {{circa}} 1967–68 Albert Ayler (; July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer.

After early experience playing Rhythm and blues and bebop, Ayler began recording music during the free jazz era of the 1960s. However, some critics argue that while Ayler's style is undeniably original and unorthodox, it does not adhere to the generally accepted critical understanding of free jazz. In fact, Ayler's style is difficult to categorize in any way, and it evoked incredibly strong and disparate reactions from critics and fans alike. His innovations have inspired subsequent jazz musicians.

His trio and quartet records of 1964, such as ''Spiritual Unity'' and ''The Hilversum Session'', show him advancing the improvisational notions of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman into abstract realms where whole timbre, and not just mainly harmony with melody, is the music's backbone. His ecstatic music of 1965 and 1966, such as "Spirits Rejoice" and "Truth Is Marching In", has been compared by critics to the sound of a brass band, and involved simple, march-like themes which alternated with wild group improvisations and were regarded as retrieving jazz's pre-Louis Armstrong roots. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Spiritual unity by Ayler, Albert

    Germany : ESP Disk, 2005
    Format: Audio


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    Spiritual Unity by Ayler, Albert

    [New York, N.Y.] : Pi Recordings, 2005
    Format: CD Audio


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    Spirits rejoice by Ayler, Albert

    [New York] : ESP-Disk', 2006
    Other Authors: “…Ayler, Albert…”
    Format: Audio


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    Live in Greenwich Village : the complete Impulse recordings by Ayler, Albert

    New York : Impulse! : Manufactured by GRP Records, 1998
    Format: Audio


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    Revelations : the complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght recordings by Ayler, Albert

    INA, 1970
    Format: Audio


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    Love cry ; The last album by Ayler, Albert

    New York, NY : Impulse!, 2011
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    Witches & devils by Ayler, Albert

    Sea Bright, NJ : 1201 Music, 1999
    Format: Audio


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    Spiritual unity by Ayler, Albert

    [S.l.] : Italy : Get Back CD ; Abraxas srl, 1998
    Special ltd. numbered ed.
    Format: Audio


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    The early albums collection by Ayler, Albert

    : Enlightment, 2020
    Format: Audio


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    Love cry The last album by Ayler, Albert

    New York, NY : Impulse!, 2011
    Format: Audio


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    Bells ; Prophecy. by Ayler, Albert

    Brooklyn, NY : ESP-DISK', 2016
    Expanded edition.
    Other Authors: “…Ayler, Albert…”
    Format: CD Audio


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    Spiritual unity

    [Hilversum, Netherlands] : esp-disk', 2005
    Other Authors: “…Ayler, Albert…”
    Format: Audio


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    Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village

    Universal City, Calif. : Impulse!, 1967
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    Bells ; Prophecy.

    New York, NY : ESP-DISK', 2016
    Other Authors: “…Ayler, Albert…”
    Format: Audio


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    Albert Ayler : live on the Riviera.

    [United States] : Esp-disk', 2005
    50 anniversary remastered ed.
    Other Authors: “…Ayler, Albert…”
    Format: Audio


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    The Hilversum session

    Brooklyn, NY : ESP-Disk', 2007
    Other Authors: “…Ayler, Albert…”
    Format: Audio


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    Revelations : the complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght recordings

    [Barcelona, Spain] : Elemental Music, 2022
    Other Authors: “…Ayler, Albert…”
    Format: CD Audio


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    The New wave in jazz.

    Impulse 1972
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    The house that Trane built : the story of Impulse Records.

    Univeral City, Calif. : Impulse!, 2006
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    Lions abroad. Volume one, Tenor titans.

    [London, England] : Little Silver, N.J. : Black Lion ; Dist. by D.A. Music, 1996
    Other Authors: “…Ayler, Albert…”
    Format: Audio