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Albert Ayler (born July 13th, 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio – New York City, November 1970) was the most primal of the free jazz musicians of the 1960s. He possessed a deep blistering tone—achieved by using the stiffest plastic reeds he could find on his tenor saxophone—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

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Discography

  • 1964 Recordings, First Visit Completed

    1964 Recordings, First Visit Completed

    Album2024
  • More Lost Performances Revisited

    More Lost Performances Revisited

    Album2023
  • European Radio Studio Recordings 1964

    European Radio Studio Recordings 1964

    Album2016
  • Love Cry / The Last Album

    Love Cry / The Last Album

    Album2011
  • The Impulse Story

    The Impulse Story

    Album2006
  • Holy Ghost

    Holy Ghost

    Album2004
  • I giganti del jazz, vol. 6

    I giganti del jazz, vol. 6

    Album1980
  • Reevaluations: The Impulse Years

    Reevaluations: The Impulse Years

    Album1973
  • Swing Low Sweet Spiritual

    Swing Low Sweet Spiritual

    Album1971
  • Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe

    Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe

    Album1970
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