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