Comments on: Totally Nerd Post On Albert Ayler

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Washington City Paper: Blogs: Black Plastic Bag — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:02:35 +0000

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By: Cisneros

Cisneros — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:43:31 +0000

That’s it, thanks Nick. I wonder how we can get a screening in DC…

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:32:32 +0000

The documentary is called My Name is Albert Ayler. See more here: http://www.mynameisalbertayler.com
I saw it at a cinema in New York recently. One of the better music related films I’ve seen for a long, long time. And I have seen many of them. I hadn’t heard Ayler before really, and I’m not really a jazz buff, but that film moved me deeply. Very powerful stuff.

By: Cisneros

Cisneros — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:18:57 +0000

Yeah, he was a huge influence on late-period Coltrane.
Super powerful stuff. It seems that his last recordings were given a lot of flack for being too mellow and incorporating rock/pop elements. Then again, I guess most folks always gave him flack.

Wasn’t there a documentary filmed just recently?

By: Mike Licht

Mike Licht — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:09:09 +0000

I seem to recall a one-sided Ayler Brothers LP pressed out of clear vinyl. I borrowed it from the Lincoln Center Library to annoy my parents and ended up getting into it.