Albert Ayler

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Albert Ayler was an influential American free jazz saxophonist known for his intensely spiritual, avant-garde improvisations that helped redefine the boundaries of jazz in the 1960s.

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Albert Ayler canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
human
jazz musician
saxophonist
activeYearsEnd 1970
activeYearsStart 1950s
associatedAct Cecil Taylor NERFINISHED
Don Cherry NERFINISHED
Gary Peacock NERFINISHED
John Coltrane NERFINISHED
Ornette Coleman NERFINISHED
Sunny Murray NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath drowning
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1936-07-13
dateOfDeath 1970-11-25
familyName Ayler NERFINISHED
genre avant-garde jazz
free jazz
givenName Albert NERFINISHED
influenced Charles Gayle NERFINISHED
David S. Ware NERFINISHED
Peter Brötzmann NERFINISHED
Pharoah Sanders NERFINISHED
influencedBy John Coltrane NERFINISHED
Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
instrument alto saxophone
bagpipes
clarinet
soprano saxophone
tenor saxophone
militaryService United States Army
movement free jazz movement
name Albert Ayler NERFINISHED
notableFeature integration of marches, hymns, and folk-like themes into free jazz
intensely spiritual improvisational style
use of extended techniques on saxophone
notableWork Bells NERFINISHED
Ghosts NERFINISHED
Love Cry NERFINISHED
Spirits NERFINISHED
Spiritual Unity NERFINISHED
occupation composer
musician
saxophonist
performedWith Cecil Taylor Unit in early 1960s
placeOfBirth Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel ESP-Disk NERFINISHED
Impulse! Records NERFINISHED
residence Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
Denmark NERFINISHED
New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Sweden
servedAs military bandsman in the U.S. Army
sexOrGender male

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Savoy Records recordedArtist Albert Ayler
Impulse! Records notableArtist Albert Ayler
Gato Barbieri influencedBy Albert Ayler
Sunny Murray associatedAct Albert Ayler
Sunny Murray collaboratedWith Albert Ayler
ESP-Disk releasedMusicBy Albert Ayler