My Name Is Albert Ayler
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Fri 22 June 2007 // 20:00
MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER
(Fri 22nd / 8pm / £4)
(Kasper Collin / Sweden / 2005 / 35mm / 79 mins / Cert 15)
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. This new documentary follows the trail of Ayler from his native town of Cleveland by way of Sweden to New York, meeting family, friends and close colleagues. Ayler himself guides us with his voice and music. Seven years in the making, the film includes newly discovered footage of Ayler and band.
www.mynameisalbertayler.com
(Fri 22nd / 8pm / £4)
(Kasper Collin / Sweden / 2005 / 35mm / 79 mins / Cert 15)
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. This new documentary follows the trail of Ayler from his native town of Cleveland by way of Sweden to New York, meeting family, friends and close colleagues. Ayler himself guides us with his voice and music. Seven years in the making, the film includes newly discovered footage of Ayler and band.
www.mynameisalbertayler.com