Albert Ayler - My Name Is Albert Ayler (1964) [Reissue 1995]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 209 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 104 MB | Covers - 32 MB
Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Black Lion (BLCD760211)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 209 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 104 MB | Covers - 32 MB
Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Black Lion (BLCD760211)
A key early album by Albert Ayler - a mindblowing record even all these many years later, and a key introduction of Ayler's music to the rest of the world! The set begins with a compelling spoken introduction from Albert - really taking the time to introduce himself and his new approach to jazz - then rolls into searing sounds on tenor and soprano sax, played with accompaniment from a European trio that has Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass, Niels Bronsted on piano, and Ronnie Gardier on drums. A number of the tunes are standards - used by Ayler here in ways that are similar to some of Cecil Taylor's initial recordings - as a way of marking his own different in jazz, before setting out on his own compositions in years to come. Given the quartet setting, there's less of the locked horns and rhythms of some of Ayler's ESP recordings to come - but the difference in format also makes the album a real standout in his catalog, too.