SummaryThe 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 Alb... Read More
Directed By:Kasper Collin
Written By:Kasper Collin
My Name Is Albert Ayler
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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.
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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.
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The portrait that emerges is refreshingly clear-eyed yet highly insular.
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My Name Is Albert Ayler is a loving and elegantly crafted documentary.
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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.
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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.
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Kasper Collin’s documentary puts a human face on Ayler’s legacy.
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Production Company:
- Filmpool Nord
Release Date:Nov 8, 2007
Duration:1 h 19 m
Tagline:"If people don't like it now, they will." - Albert Ayler
