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ALBERT AYLER

 

Albert Ayler: His Life and Music by Jeff Schwartz
(The very first time I went online, the first words I put in a search engine were ‘Albert Ayler’ and this is the only site that appeared.  I would not have been able to attempt the construction of this site without the Jeff Schwartz biography.)

Albert Ayler
(A German Albert Ayler site.)

Albert Ayler in the Downbeat Hall Of Fame
(Includes a brief biography, magazine article and photos.)

Albert Ayler Discography Project

MUSICIANS

Cecil Taylor                          (Holy Ghost)
Ronnie Gardiner                  (My Name Is Albert Ayler)
Ornette Coleman                 (1963 jam session - unreleased)
Sunny Murray                       (Holy Ghost, Witches and Devils, Goin’ Home, Prophecy, Albert Smiles With
                                              Sunny
, Spiritual Unity, New York Eye and Ear Control, The Copenhagen Tapes,
                                              Ghosts, The Hilversum Session, Bells, Spirits Rejoice, Sonny’s Time Now,
                                              Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings)
Henry Grimes                      (Witches and Devils, Goin’ Home, Spirits Rejoice, Sonny’s Time Now,
                                              Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings)
Gary Peacock                     (Prophecy, Albert Smiles With Sunny, Spiritual Unity, New York Eye and Ear
                                              Control
, The Copenhagen Tapes, Ghosts, The Hilversum Session, Spirits Rejoice)
Don Cherry                          (New York Eye and Ear Control, The Copenhagen Tapes, Ghosts, The Hilversum
                                              Session
, Sonny’s Time Now)
John Tchicai                        (New York Eye and Ear Control)
Roswell Rudd                      (New York Eye and Ear Control)
John Coltrane                      (1966 Lincoln Center concert - unreleased)
Ronald Shannon Jackson  (Holy Ghost, Live at Slug’s Saloon)
Burton Greene                     (Holy Ghost)
Steve Tintweiss                   (Holy Ghost, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Live on the Riviera)
Rashied Ali                          (Holy Ghost)
Frank Wright                        (Holy Ghost)
Alan Silva                             (Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings, Love Cry)
Beaver Harris                      (Holy Ghost, Lorrach/Paris 1966, Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete
                                              Impulse Recordings
)
Milford Graves                    (Holy Ghost, Love Cry)
Richard Davis                     (Holy Ghost)
Pharoah Sanders               (Holy Ghost)
Dave Burrell                        (Holy Ghost)
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie     (New Grass, Holy Ghost)
Bobby Few                         (Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe, The Last Album)
Henry Vestine                     (Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe, The Last Album)
Sam Rivers                         (Holy Ghost)
Allen Blairman                    (Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Live on the Riviera, Holy Ghost)

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RECORD LABELS

AYLER RECORDS

ESP

HAT HUT RECORDS

IMPULSE (now part of the Verve Music Group)

REVENANT RECORDS

Of historical interest are these sites devoted to ESP and SHANDAR .

 

OTHER JAZZ SITES

Downbeat         
All About Jazz
Red Hot Jazz (Early jazz site, including lots of RealAudio files - check out the Fess Williams section!)
Free Jazz Research
European Free Improvisation Pages         
Improjazz (French magazine with an Ayler discography in the archives.)
Lee Santa Photography (Photos of Free Jazz Legends, plus an account of a meeting with Albert Ayler.)  
Jazzmatazz (Jazz listings, reviews and an upcoming releases page)
Jazz-Institut Darmstadt
The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord               
Monastery Bulletin
The Wire  
Abop tv
Point of Departure
Jazzword (Ken Waxman’s vast collection of reviews of free jazz and improvisation.)

 

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MY OTHER SITES

ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN

GEORGE HEATH, THE MOORLAND POET

THE TRANSFORMATIONALISTS

STUMP

THE EMPTY GRAVE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

 

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