My Name Is Albert Ayler

Name: My Name Is Albert Ayler
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: November 8, 2007
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 83

2007

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| Release Date: November 8, 2007 | Not Rated

Summary: The prophetic free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who today is seen as one of the most important innovators in jazz, was obsessed with his radical music and by the thought that people one day would understand it. In 1962 he recorded his first album in Sweden. Eight years later he was found dead in New York’s East River, aged 34. My NameThe prophetic free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who today is seen as one of the most important innovators in jazz, was obsessed with his radical music and by the thought that people one day would understand it. In 1962 he recorded his first album in Sweden. Eight years later he was found dead in New York’s East River, aged 34. My Name Is Albert Ayler follows the trail of Albert from his native Cleveland by way of Sweden to New York, meeting family, friends, and close colleagues.… Expand

Director: Kasper Collin

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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Richard Brody

Though the end of the film seems rushed—its seventy-nine minutes could have gone on for hours—it is nonetheless a cause for rejoicing. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

Kasper Collin's melancholy, beautiful feature debut does more than just chronicle this undervalued musician; it brings Ayler and his message of spiritual unity back to life. Read full review

The Telegraph Sukhdev Sandhu

My Name Is Albert Ayler is a loving and elegantly crafted documentary. Read full review

Hank Shteamer

The portrait that emerges is refreshingly clear-eyed yet highly insular. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Named after one of his albums and built around snippets of audio interviews with Mr. Ayler, it attempts and often achieves a fresh, playful style that’s equally informed by jazz traditions and Mr. Ayler’s urge to shatter them. Read full review

Tayt Harlin

Kasper Collin’s documentary puts a human face on Ayler’s legacy. Read full review

Phil Gallo

My Name is Albert Ayler brings a sense of logic and humanity to a man whose music was as unsettling as it was untethered to the tenets of jazz. Read full review

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