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it is generally a 'raw assault on jazz' (in the words of music critics of the time), absolutely iconoclastic, with few introspective flashes immediately contradicted and countered by a fury of instruments, mixed with divine intuition to Ayler's personal interpretation of New Orleans/dixieland music of the '20s (the brass bands) and the most joyful military marches in major key, religious tunes, klezmer music, basic traditional, popular and circus themes: the whole with an absolutely disconcerting and sinister effect, deafening and incontrovertibly free, yet angry beyond belief. Discover the review
it is generally a 'raw assault on jazz' (in the words of music critics of the time), absolutely iconoclastic, with few introspective flashes immediately contradicted and countered by a fury of instruments, mixed with divine intuition to Ayler's personal interpretation of New Orleans/dixieland music of the '20s (the brass bands) and the most joyful military marches in major key, religious tunes, klezmer music, basic traditional, popular and circus themes: the whole with an absolutely disconcerting and sinister effect, deafening and incontrovertibly free, yet angry beyond belief.
Albert Ayler (b. 13/7/1936), originally from Cleveland, was one of the greatest saxophonists in American post-modernist jazz. Discover the review
Albert Ayler (b. 13/7/1936), originally from Cleveland, was one of the greatest saxophonists in American post-modernist jazz.
"Music is the healing force of the universe" (second to last album byAlbert Ayler) is one of those records destined (and indeed it was) to make music history (not just jazz), Discover the review
"Music is the healing force of the universe" (second to last album byAlbert Ayler) is one of those records destined (and indeed it was) to make music history (not just jazz),
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