Albert Ayler

Artist:  Albert Ayler
Born:  July 13, 1936.  Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died:  November 25, 1970 (Aged 34).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Saxophonist, Bandleader, Composer
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Albert Ayler was an American Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist, Singer and Composer.  Early experience playing R&B, and Bebop, and began recording music during the Free Jazz Era of the 1960s.  His improvisational advancing notions of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman.

Title:  In Greenwich Village  (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Impulse!
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  For John Coltrane  (13:38)
 2.  Change Has Come  (6:24)

Side 2:

 1.  Truth Is Marching In  (12:43)
 2.  Our Prayer  (4:43)

Personnel:

Albert Ayler:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Donald Ayler:  Trumpet
Bill Folwell:  Bass
Joel Friedman:  Cello
Henry Grimes:  Bass
Beaver Harris:  Drums
Michael Sampson:  Violin
Alan Silva:  Bass

In Greenwich Village is a 1967 live album by Albert Ayler, originally released in 1967 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on February 12, 2016 by Impulse!