My Name Is Albert Ayler

My Name Is Albert Ayler is the debut album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler recorded in Copenhagen in 1963 and first released on the Dutch Debut label.[1][2]

For the documentary, see My Name Is Albert Ayler (documentary).
My Name Is Albert Ayler
Studio album by
Albert Ayler
Released1964
RecordedJanuary 14, 1963 at the Danish National Radio Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
GenreFree jazz
Length44:38
LabelDebut (Denmark) DEB 140
ProducerOle Vestegaard Jensen
Albert Ayler chronology
My Name Is Albert Ayler
(1964)		 Ghosts
(1965)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a strange record, like a soloist mismatched with the recording of another band, but nonetheless there is that singular tenor voice to contend with, and, on "Summertime," it is unfathomably beautiful".[3]

Track listing
  1. Introduction by Albert Ayler - 1:15
  2. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 7:19
  3. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) - 5:59
  4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 8:46
  5. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 9:05
  6. "C.T." (Albert Ayler) - 12:01

Personnel

References
  1. Albert Ayler discography accessed October 28, 2014
  2. Albert Ayler sessionography, accessed October 28, 2014
  3. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed October 28, 2014
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 16. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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