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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, Wayne Shorter and Thelonious Monk, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into David Murray, James Blood Ulmer, Annette Peacock, The Pop Group and Lori Goldston, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 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 MurrayJames Blood UlmerAnnette PeacockThe Pop GroupLori GoldstonSam AmidonOrnette ColemanMC5Ornette ColemanSonny SharrockPaul BleyWayne ShorterThelonious Monk

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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 Wayne Shorter, went on to shape David Murray, James Blood Ulmer, Annette Peacock and The Pop Group. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Albert Ayler

Roots5

Sounds and acts that shaped Albert Ayler.

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