5 Facts About Albert Ayler’s My Name Is Albert Ayler
- The album was recorded in Copenhagen on January 14, 1963, for Danish Radio.
- It is Ayler’s first known studio recording.
- The session features a quartet with pianist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bassist Erik Moseholm, and drummer Ronnie Gardiner.
- The repertoire includes standards like “Summertime” and “Billie’s Bounce,” showing Ayler’s early approach before his free jazz period.
- Danish Radio originally broadcast the performance, and it was later released commercially as an album.