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Released
  
1964

Producer
  
Ole Vestegaard Jensen

Artist
  
Albert Ayler

Label
  
Debut Records

Length
  
44:38

My Name Is Albert Ayler (1964)
  
Ghosts (1965)

Release date
  
1963

Genre
  
Free jazz

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Recorded
  
January 14, 1963 at the Danish National Radio Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark

Albert Ayler albums
  
Spirits, Goin' Home, New Grass, Love Cry, Spiritual Unity

My Name Is Albert Ayler is the debut album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler recorded in Copenhagen in 1963 and first released on the Dutch Debut label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a strange record, like a soloist mismatched with the recording of another band, but nonetheless there is that singular tenor voice to contend with, and, on "Summertime," it is unfathomably beautiful".

Track listing

  1. Introduction by Albert Ayler - 1:15
  2. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 7:19
  3. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) - 5:59
  4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 8:46
  5. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 9:05
  6. "C.T." (Albert Ayler) - 12:01

Personnel

  • Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone (tracks 3-6), soprano saxophone (track 2), voice (track 1)
  • Niels Brosted - piano (tracks 2-5)
  • Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass (tracks 2-6)
  • Ronnie Gardiner - drums (tracks 2-6)

    • Songs

    1[introduction]1:16
    2Bye Bye Blackbird7:17
    3Billie's Bounce6:00

    References

    My Name Is Albert Ayler Wikipedia
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