A tenor saxophone hops over an interval like it's a turnstile. And for a moment, the energy alight from two hours of hard-blown, soul-cleansing music seems on the edge of redoubling its power. But ...

A well-rounded portrait created by a doggedly determined filmmaker and the calm, detached audio of its deceased subject, "My Name is Albert Ayler" brings a sense of logic and humanity to a man whose ...

During Albert Ayler's performance at John Coltrane's funeral on June 21, 1967, Ayler described Coltrane as the "father," Pharoah Sanders as the "son," and himself as the "holy ghost." The remark ...

Heroin addicts often speak of chasing that first high for the rest of their lives. A similar impulse can be found among devoted listeners of Charlie Parker, the Grateful Dead and especially free jazz, ...

A quick word to mention that “My Name Is Albert Ayler,” a superb jazz documentary—one not available on DVD—is back, tonight, at 7:30, Maysles Cinema. (The director, Kasper Collin, will be on hand for ...

The music of Albert Ayler—who died in 1970, at the age of thirty-four—is the ne plus ultra of jazz. He did for music what Jackson Pollock did for painting and, like Pollock, he didn’t live long enough ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The ghostly, vibrato-laden sustains, shrieks and honking low-note groans that Albert Ayler conjured from his ...

A noteworthy and remarkable portrait of innovative jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler (1936-1970), highlighted by clips of recently discovered concert-performance footage of Ayler with his band. The ...

Albert Ayler performing under a geodesic dome on July 25, 1970. Revelations contains the full recordings from the saxophonist's two-night stint at Fondation Maeght outside Nice, France. A tenor ...

A well-rounded portrait created by a doggedly determined filmmaker and the calm, detached audio of its deceased subject, "My Name is Albert Ayler" brings a sense of logic and humanity to a man whose ...