A tenor saxophone hops over an interval like it's a turnstile. And for a moment, the energy alight from two hours of hard-blown, soul-cleansing music seems on the edge of redoubling its power. But ...

During Albert Ayler's performance at John Coltrane's funeral on June 21, 1967, Ayler described Coltrane as the "father," Pharoah Sanders as the "son," and himself as the "holy ghost." The remark ...

At the risk of straining a flimsy journalistic gimmick, I’m going to use the less-than-momentous occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth on July 13 to bring up Albert Ayler, the late ...

The revolutionary jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who died at age thirty-four, in 1970, is having his moment again, thanks in part to the documentary “My Name Is Albert Ayler,” by Kasper Collin, which ...

Third Man Records has announced a new reissue of Albert Ayler’s New Grass. It’s the first new vinyl pressing of New Grass in nearly 40 years. The reissue arrives June 26. Albert Ayler played his tenor ...

Few record labels have been as committed to preserving and championing the legacy of saxophonist and musical visionary Albert Ayler as the Swiss label Hatology (née Hat Hut). Since releasing a ...

My Name is Albert Ayler is a documentary that needed to be made. Directed by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collins, the film is a spellbinding look at one of jazz' most misunderstood geniuses. With ...

A quick word to mention that “My Name Is Albert Ayler,” a superb jazz documentary—one not available on DVD—is back, tonight, at 7:30, Maysles Cinema. (The director, Kasper Collin, will be on hand for ...

Albert Ayler performing under a geodesic dome on July 25, 1970. Revelations contains the full recordings from the saxophonist's two-night stint at Fondation Maeght outside Nice, France. A tenor ...

The brilliant saxophonist Albert Ayler never won as much attention as other forward-thinking mid-century players like John Coltrane, but his influence has been profound. Kasper Collin’s documentary ...