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Albert Ayler

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American jazz saxophonist (1936–1970)

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1936-07-13
Active to
1970-11-25

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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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Albert+Ayler">Read m

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Albert
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Cleveland
Place of death
New York City
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
jazz
Instrument
saxophone
Record label
ESP-Disk
Official website
www.ayler.org
Image
Albert Ayler (1967–68 photo portrait for ABC Impulse!).jpg
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date of birth
1936-07-13
date of death
1970-11-05
manner of death
Suicide
cause of death
drowning
start of work period
1952-00-00
Commons category
Albert Ayler
ethnic group
African Americans
name in native language
Albert Ayler
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