Albert Ayler

USA, 1962–1970

American tenor saxophonist (1936-1970). He played marches, hymns and folk tunes with an enormous vibrato and then tore them apart; Spiritual Unity (1964) is free jazz at its most extreme, and Coltrane asked for his music at his own funeral.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Albert Ayler and 1 artist Albert Ayler influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Albert Ayler influence?

• John Coltrane — In the mid-1960s Coltrane took up the harsh timbres and loose beat of the free players, Ayler among them, and largely left standard harmony behind.