My Name Is Albert Ayler

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My Name Is Albert Ayler

2005

1h 19m

Documentary

Music

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A documentary focuses on the jazz musician's life.

Los Angeles Times

well-researched documentary is an impressionistic portrait of a man whose ecstatic braying tenor sax still sounds fresh.

Mar 13, 2008

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Phil Gallo

Variety

Brings a sense of logic and humanity to a man whose music was as unsettling as it was untethered to the tenets of jazz.

Mar 5, 2008

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Tayt Harlin

New York Magazine/Vulture

Illuminates Ayler's aesthetic of pure sense experience.

Feb 8, 2008

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide

The story of his [subject Albert Ayler's] troubled life and premature death is engrossing without prior knowledge of his place in the history of experimental jazz.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 2, 2008

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Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat

Collin gives us a valuable look at the difference between the open-minded European jazz scene and an American culture that relegated artists like Ayler to second-class citizenship.

Mar 13, 2008

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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo

Boxoffice Magazine

Smart and savvy doc

Mar 13, 2008

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Audience Member

sad, beautiful and truly insightful. worth watching even if you think avant/free jazz is just ridiculous noise. Ayler's dedication to his vision of new expression is eerily manic but so pure and persuasive. completely inimitable and raw, r.i.p. Albert.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

it doesn't matter if you like albert ayler or free jazz or not. you will still see this movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

A well-made film (given the relative lack of documentary footage), which looks into Albert Ayler's interesting life and mysterious death. As a fan of Ayler's free jazz musical output, I still found this fascinating, and it may even appeal to those who don't know anything about Ayler.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Kasper Collin

Director

Kasper Collin

Writer

Kasper Collin

Producer

Sirel Peensaar

Co-Producer

Peter Palm

Cinematographer

Patrick Austen

Film Editing

Critics Consensus: 10,000 B.C. is Primitive; Bank Gets the Job Done

Synopsis

A documentary focuses on the jazz musician's life.

Director: Kasper Collin
Producer: Kasper Collin
Screenwriter: Kasper Collin
Production Co: Filmpool Nord
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 19m