This is a musical tidbit I found recently. From Albert Ayler, a saxophonist who had an apparently very short but productive life. It's antsier than I usually like my jazz to be, but quite interesting. Partly because there's a harpsichord buried somewhere in there, still a rare instrument in jazz. Also it uses the space where it was recorded in an intriguing way. Like, there's real echo, not just studio reverb.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
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This is a musical tidbit I found recently. From Albert Ayler, a saxophonist who had an apparently very short but productive life. It's antsier than I usually like my jazz to be, but quite interesting. Partly because there's a harpsichord buried somewhere in there, still a rare instrument in jazz. Also it uses the space where it was recorded in an intriguing way. Like, there's real echo, not just studio reverb.
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I've never heard of Albert Ayler before this, but I never have been knowledgeable enough about free jazz to have an opinion. He was definitely very much on the creative edge, wasn't he? I like the idea of using the random effects of the space where he played as part of his music.
I'd heard the name, but had nothing to associate it with. And free jazz is still something I know very little about. It's sometimes weird being a non-musician who likes jazz. This was just found by tripping through the internet ether, and it happened to catch my fancy.
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