[78-L] The Answer (was: Marsalis makes the world safe for pure jazz)

[Julian Vein]

Michael Biel wrote:

> But you ask about Ayler.  I admit I never heard of him, let alone heard
> him, so I figured I might as well try to see what he sounded like.  So I
> went to websites and found a pretty official one that had a page of what
> is noted to be the editors all-time favorite recordings of him.  That
> would be a good start. 
> http://www.ayler.org/html/some_mp3s.html

> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
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Unfortunately these examples don't show Ayler at his freewheeling best, 
most of it theme and variations. He didn't appear from nowhere with a 
new style, Ayler's earliest recordings show him playing in a Sonny 
Rollins mode, albeit Rollins-by-the-yard.

      Julian Vein


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