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Albert Ayler
Cleveland, United States · 1936-07-13 – 1970-11-25
Albert Ayler is credited on 661 releases across 125 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
661
Credits
125
Albums
7
Decades active
29
In collections
Biography
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Albert Ayler (born July 13, 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio (USA), died November 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer, the older brother of Donald Ayler. On November 25, 1970, his body was found floating in the East River, at the foot of Congress Street Pier, in Brooklyn, New York (USA).
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
661 releases · 125 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 1,460
- Other credits · 43
Studios: Village Vanguard · Village Theatre · Town Hall, New York · Atlantic Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
In Greenwich Village
1967
Ghosts
1965
New Grass
1969
Love Cry
1968
New York Eye And Ear Control
1966
Spiritual Unity
1965
Bells
1965
The Early Albums Collection
2020
Teufelskamin
2011
Die Like A Dog (Fragments Of Music, Life And Death Of Albert Ayler)
1994
Live At The Knitting Factory New York City · Volume Two
1989
LSDC&W - The History Of The Chadbournes In America
1987
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 6
1980
The Drums
1974
Impulse Energy Essentials (A Developmental And Historical Introduction To The New Music)
1972
My Name Is Albert Ayler
1964
Saints
2001
Freak Magnet
2000
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Albert Ayler Quintet
- Eugene Chadbourne
- Blowhole
- Albert Ayler Quartet
- Gary Windo
- Marc Ribot
- Gato Barbieri
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