5 Facts About Albert Ayler's My Name Is Albert Ayler

  1. The album was first released on the Dutch Debut label.
  2. It features Ayler on tenor saxophone, with a quartet including Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass.
  3. The recording took place in Copenhagen in 1963.
  4. This album captures Ayler’s early, more conventional style before his free jazz breakthroughs.
  5. It remains a key document of his transition from traditional jazz to avant-garde.