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]

My Name Is Albert Ayler
Studio album by Albert Ayler
Released	1964
Recorded	January 14, 1963 at the Danish National Radio Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Free jazz
Length	44:38
Label	Debut (Denmark) DEB 140
Producer	Ole Vestegaard Jensen
Albert Ayler chronology
My Name Is Albert Ayler (1964) Ghosts (1965)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

• Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone (tracks 3-6), soprano saxophone (track 2), voice (track 1)
• Niels Brosted - piano (tracks 2-5)
• Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass (tracks 2-6)
• Ronnie Gardiner - drums (tracks 2-6)

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.