Albert Ayler

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Born
13 July 1936
Born In
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Died
25 November 1970 (aged 34)
Albert Ayler (born July 13th, 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio – New York City, November 1970) was the most primal of the musicians of the 1960s. He possessed a deep blistering tone—achieved by using the stiffest plastic reeds he could find on his —and a broad, pathos-filled vibrato that came right out of church music. His trio and quartet records of 1964, like 'Spiritual Unity' and 'The Hilversum Sessions', show him advancing the improvisational notions of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman into abstract realms where timbre, not harmony an… read more
Albert Ayler (born July 13th, 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio – New York City, November 1970) was the most primal of the musicians of the 1960s. He possessed a deep blistering tone—achieved by using the stiffest plastic reeds he could find on his —and a broad, pathos-… read more
Albert Ayler (born July 13th, 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio – New York City, November 1970) was the most primal of the musicians of the 1960s. He possessed a deep blistering tone—achieved by using the stiffest plastic reeds he could find on his —and a broad, pathos-filled vibrato that came right out of church music. His trio and quartet… read more

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1 Play track My Name Is Albert Ayler Summertime
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2 Play track Love Cry Ghosts
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3 Play track Spiritual Unity The Wizard
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4 Play track Spiritual Unity Ghosts: First Variation
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5 Play track Love Cry Love Cry
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6 Play track New Grass New Ghosts
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7 Play track Spiritual Unity Spirits
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8 Play track Love Cry Bells
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9 Play track Spiritual Unity Ghosts: Second Variation
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10 Play track Holy Ghost Vibrations
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  1. 31,996 listeners

    1965 · 4 tracks

    Spiritual Unity
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  2. 19,844 listeners

    17 Jan 2016 · 15 tracks

    On Green Dolphin Street
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  3. 19,284 listeners

    1968 · 8 tracks

    Love Cry
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    1 Jan 1998 · 14 tracks

    Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings
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