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Albert Ayler

Jazz
Jazz

Albert Ayler is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Little Walter, Cecil Taylor and Louis Armstrong. Those roots explain a lot about how Albert Ayler arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Paul Bley, Jimmy Giuffre and Wayne Shorter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into David Murray, Peter Brötzmann, Gary Peacock, Jimmy Giuffre and James Blood Ulmer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Albert Ayler, reaching back through John Coltrane and forward to David Murray. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Albert AylerJohn ColtraneOrnette ColemanLittle WalterCecil TaylorLouis ArmstrongDavid MurrayPeter BrötzmannGary PeacockJimmy GiuffreJames Blood UlmerAnnette PeacockThe Pop GroupLori GoldstonOrnette ColemanSonny SharrockPaul BleyJimmy GiuffreWayne ShorterDavid MurrayThelonious MonkLee Konitz

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Albert Ayler connections

Albert Ayler grew out of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Little Walter and Cecil Taylor, shares an orbit with Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Paul Bley and Jimmy Giuffre, went on to shape David Murray, Peter Brötzmann, Gary Peacock and Jimmy Giuffre. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Albert Ayler

Roots5

Sounds and acts that shaped Albert Ayler.

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