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Albert Ayler
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler from Cleveland played rhythm and blues and in an army band as a young man. In the early 1960s he played in Sweden and Denmark, still in the style of Sonny Rollins. In New York in 1964 he recorded Spiritual Unity for the small label ESP-Disk, with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Sunny Murray. Ayler played with an enormous tone and a broad vibrato, and his themes resembled folk songs, marches and hymns. After that the group improvised freely and loudly. John Coltrane admired him and made sure that Impulse! gave him a contract. In November 1970 Ayler was found dead in the East River.
Listening
Ghosts · Albert Ayler, 1964
Bells · Albert Ayler, 1965
Truth Is Marching In · Albert Ayler, 1966
Discography
Studio albums
- 1962The First Recordings
- 1962The First Recordings, Volume 2
- 1964My Name Is Albert Ayler
- 1964Witches & Devils
- 1965Spirits Rejoice
- 1966New York Eye and Ear Control (soundtrack)
- 1968Love Cry
- 1969New Grass
- 1969The Last Album
- 1970Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe
- 1971Swing Low Sweet Spiritual
- 2016European Radio Studio Recordings 1964
- 20241964 Recordings, First Visit Completed
Other work
- 1964Spiritual Unity
- 1965Bells
- 1966Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village
In School of Rock
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