My Name Is Albert Ayler

by Albert Ayler

My Name Is Albert Ayler cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Debut
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:30
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This early session captures the nascent, raw power of Albert Ayler's revolutionary tenor saxophone tone before his definitive free jazz breakthroughs. It crackles with an anxious, passionate energy that forcefully reimagines the rhythmic and melodic parameters of jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, rhythmic, melodic, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Intro. By Albert Ayler (1:16)
  2. Bye Bye Blackbird (7:17)
  3. Billie's Bounce (5:59)
  4. Summertime (8:46)
  5. On Green Dolphin Street (9:06)
  6. C.T. (12:02)

Credits

  • Albert Ayler - primary artist, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, written-by
  • Niels-Henning 脴rsted Pedersen - bass
  • Nina Aae - design [cover]
  • Ronnie Gardiner - drums
  • Erik Wiedemann - liner notes
  • Niels Br酶nsted - piano
  • Dixon / Henderson - written by
  • Mort Dixon - written-by
  • Ray Henderson - written-by
  • Charlie Parker - written-by
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Caper / Washington - written by
  • Bronislaw Kaper - written-by
  • Ned Washington - written-by

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