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Albert Ayler
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Author: Emmanuel Clerc
There are few works on Albert Ayler, the renowned avant-garde saxophonist, and Emmanuel Clerc succeeds here in bringing him to life.
Winner of the 2023 Ponts Neufs First Book Prize
Albert Ayler occupies a unique place in the history of jazz. A leading figure of the avant-garde in the 1960s, his style and intransigence aroused both jubilation and confusion. Admired by John Coltrane, who saw in this other saxophonist the successor to his own experiments, his music nevertheless remains the secret of enlightened amateurs.
From his childhood in Ohio, to his disappearance in the East River, through his European journey and his triumph at the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence in 1970, this story traces the life of this musician who has not yet been rediscovered for what he is: an artist of extraordinary dimension.
As much about mystery as it is about seduction, Albert Ayler's music pushes us to question the reasons for our fascination with black America and jazz, this intensely vibrant art form that we cannot love unless we embrace its cause.
ISBN: 9782384311958