Tributes & Dedications to Albert Ayler Music Paul Bley
Ramblin’
‘Albert’s Love Theme’ (Carla Bley) (9:18)
1966
BYG Actuel 13, Affinity Aff37, Red Records 117,
Sunspots (2002 CD)
Roy Harper
Folkjokeopus
‘One For All’ (8:14)
1969
World Pacific 21888, Sunset Sls-50373, Liberty 21888
Awareness (1989), Griffin Music 302 (1994 CD),1995 CD Science Friction 009 (1995 CD), Science Friction 9 (2001 CD)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Phase One
‘Lebert Aaly’ (20:56)
1971
America AM6116
Prestige 10064
Bill Dixon
Collection
‘Albert Ayler’ (0:57)
1971
Cadence 1024/25, Cadence Jazz 3712 (CD)
(also included in Solo Works (Odyssey) 2001 boxed set)
John Stevens/Spontaneous Music Ensemble
One, Two, Albert Ayler
‘One, Two, Albert Ayler’ (24:43)
1971
Affinity AFF 81 (LP)
Included on the CD, John Stevens Works
Re-Touch & Quartet
Konnex 06199 John Zorn
First Recordings 1973
‘Variations on a Theme by Albert Ayler’ (11:04)
1973
Tzadik TZ 7304 David Murray
Flowers For Albert
‘Flowers For Albert’ (14:18)
1976
India Navigation 1026 (LP), 2039 (CD)
Mount Everest Trio
Waves From Albert Ayler
‘Ode to Albert Ayler’ (5:25)
1977
Unheard Music Series/Atavistic 202
Leroy Jenkins
The Legend of Ai Glatson
‘Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short)’ (4:06)
1978
Black Saint 22, Black Saint 120022 (1993 CD) David Murray
Solo Live, Vol. 1
‘Flowers For Albert’ (5:00)
1980
Cecma 1 David Murray
Murray's Steps
‘Flowers For Albert’ (9:40)
1982
Black Saint 120065-2
The Western Trio
Fat Religion Is An Awful Way Of Life
‘Albert Ayler (Dying Words)’
1983
Dog Meter Recordings/The Wavy Line cass-001 John Lurie
Stranger Than Paradise And The Resurrection Of Albert Ayler
‘The Resurrection of Albert Ayler’ (16:19)
1985
Crammed Discs (Belgium) ATT 003 (LP)
Made To Measure (Belgium) MTM 7 CD (CD)
Strange & Beautiful Music (USA) SBM10 (CD) Tiziana Simona
Flakes
‘Flowers For Albert’ (3:55)
1988
ITM 1437
Hal Russell/Michael Staron/Sparrow & Rick Shandling
Albert's Lullaby
’Albert’s Lullaby’ (3:06)
1991
Southport 0077, Orchard 6366, Southport 77 David Murray
Live '93 Acoustic Octfunk
‘Flowers For Albert’ (15:14)
1993
Sound Hills 8051
Die Like A Dog
(Peter Brötzmann/Toshinori Kondo/William Parker/Hamid Drake)
Die Like A Dog; fragments of music, life and death of Albert Ayler
‘Fragments of music, life and death of Albert Ayler’
1 - 4 (72:42)
1993
FMP CD64 Hal Russell NRG Ensemble
The Hal Russell Story
‘The Birth of the Free, Pt. 5: Ayler Songs’ (5:53)
1993
ECM 21498, ECM 517364
Massimo Urbani
Dedications To Albert Ayler & John Coltrane
‘Dedications’ (16:25)
1994
Red Records RR123160
Northwoods Improvisers
Fog & Fire
‘Ayler’ (6:19)
1994
Arc 7 Dr. Noah Young
Freaks: No Fear Of Contagion (spoken word)
‘For Albert Ayler’
1994
New Alliance NARCD 117 Willem Breuker
Johan Van Der Keuken: Music for His Films 1967-1994
‘Ayler 1’ (3:03)
‘Ayler 2’ (0:58)
1994
BVHaast 9709/9710
The Skatalites
Hi-Bop Ska
‘Flowers For Albert’ (5:18)
1994
Shanachie 45019 David Murray
The Tip
‘Flowers For Albert’ (9:20)
1995
DIW 891 David Murray
South of the Border
‘Flowers For Albert’ (10:43)
1995
DIW 897 Wadada Leo Smith
Kulture Jazz
‘Albert Ayler in a Spiritual Light’ (4:44)
1995
ECM 21507
Roy Campbell
Pyramid
‘Blues for Albert and Don Ayler’ (15:22)
1995
Silkheart 139
Telstar Ponies
Voices From The New Music
‘Bells For Albert Ayler’ (0:40)
1996
FIRE FIRELP60, FIRECD60
Wadada Leo Smith & Harumi Makino Smith
Condor, Autumn Wind
‘Albert Ayler’ (9:43)
1998
Wobbly Rail 1
Various Artists
Jazz Poetry
Helen Shapiro (speaker) / Victoria McCabe (author)
‘For Albert Ayler’
1999
ABM CD139 Todd Harrold Band
Mr. Whatever
‘Albert Ayler Sailaway (Damn These Blues)’ (7:28)
1999
Wall Street 2603 Atalanta
Atalanta Thuis 2
‘Flowers For Albert’ (3:17)
1999
Atalanta CD 02 Orléans
Orléans (L'Hommage à Albert Ayler)
1999
Rectangle AB (CD & vinyl) Atalanta
Atalanta plus Tony Overwater
‘Flowers For Albert’ (8:44)
c. 2000
Atalanta CD 06 Various artists
Mózg: 5 Lat
Pieces Of Brain
‘Ayler’s Song’ (7:35)
2000
MOZG 004 Avantgarde Duo
(Antal Babits/Attila Lorinszky)
Lament
‘Chorale Improvisation for Albert Ayler’ (6:36)
2000
Mediawave Records Mediawave Live 002
G. A. P. (Il Gruppo delle Azioni Progressive)
Plays The Most Requested Songs
‘Albert Is Back’
2001
Anubis ACD 029
Faruq Z. Bey/Northwoods Improvisers
19 Moons
‘Ayler’ (9:28)
2001
Entropy 11
Rent Romus' Lords of Outland
Avatar in the Field (A Tribute To Albert Ayler)
‘Aces For Albert’
2001
Edgetone 4001
Ekkehard Ehlers
Ekkehard Ehlers Plays
‘Ekkehard Ehlers Plays Albert Ayler (Pt. 1)’ (10:01)
‘Ekkehard Ehlers Plays Albert Ayler (Pt. 2)’ (9:45)
2001
Staubgold 19 (LP), Staubgold 30 (CD) John Wilkes Booze
Five Pillars of Soul Vol. 3 Albert Ayler
2002
Affirmation Records CD EP
(3 tracks reissued on Five Pillars of Soul
Kill Rock Stars KRS408) Dennis González New Southern Quintet
Old Time Revival
‘Hymn For Albert Ayler’ (9:51)
2003
Entropy Stereo 014
Laïka Fatien
Look at me now!
‘This Is For Albert Ayler (This Is For Albert)’
2003
Improvisational Arts Council
Gardens
‘Brer Albert's Briar Patch’ (5:40)
2003
pumathEman
in-trust / Albert Rejoice
2004
Spiritual Unity (Roy Campbell, Henry Grimes, Marc Ribot, Chad Taylor)
Spiritual Unity
‘Invocation’
2005
Pi Recordings Pi15 *** Bands Albert et sa Fanfare Poliorcétique (Following a meeting with Albert Ayler at the Fondation Maeght, Denis Benoliel named his band after Albert. They released one LP in 1971 - La malédiction des rockers (Riviera 521194). The full story of the meeting is on the Ayler Remembered page.) The Belgian Waffles (Based in Louisville Kentucky, The Belgian Waffles have quite a few songs directly related to the Aylers or influenced by them. Specifically the tunes, "Flat Black Huey" which uses "Universal Indians" as a refrain and "Too Many Dustballs" which refers heavily to Donald Ayler.) *** Dance Karole Armitage “The Elizabethan Phrasing of the Late Albert Ayler” Company: Armitage Gone! Dance (aka Armitage Ballet)
Premiere: September 25, 1986. Eindhoven, Holland
Tours: USA, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal.
Music: Albert Ayler (Bells), Don Ayler (Our Prayer), Lord Buckley (Unconscious Mind, Marc Antony's Funeral Oration), Yo-Yo Ma (Sakura, Sakura, arr. Michio Mamiya), Stravinsky (Three Pieces for String Quartet), Webern (Fünf Sätze für Sreichorchester).
Sets and Costumes: David Salle.
Lighting: Ken Tabachnick From Adventurous Women Choreographers by Karen Onoda: “Karole Armitage, formerly of the Geneva Ballet and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, created modern works during the early part of her choreographic career, then began to set works in Pointe shoes. She now has a full-fledged ballet company, the Armitage Ballet. Combining conventional ballet steps and phrases with a modern approach to structure and space, Armitage has created a style uniquely her own. Her dances are of spiky, splintery texture, with hops often off-kilter and legs extended to the sky. Wrists are bent, legs and arms are often broken at eccentric angles. There is a sophisticated coyness to her dances, at once knowing and gawky. The Elizabethan Phrasing of the Late Albert Ayler, the second Armitage-David Salle production, is danced to an eclectic combination of music and voice. It ranges from the nightclub comedian Lord Buckley to the music of Webern and Stravinsky. In this work, Armitage's bold, skewed choreography is especially reminiscent of Balanchine. Salle's often whimsical stage designs and costumes include such devices as tutus lit from the inside.” Douglas Wright New Zealand’s leading contemporary dancer/choreographer, Douglas Wright used a track from the Relyable LP, The Berlin Concerts - 1966 in a dance called "Hey Paris", the subject of a short film in 1988. Versions |
