Don Ayler
Donald "Don" Ayler (* 5. October 1942 in Cleveland , Ohio ; † 7. November 2007 in Northfield (Ohio) ) was an American jazz - trumpet of free jazz .
Don Ayler is the younger brother of Albert Ayler . He studied from 1952 to 1957 at the Miller Academy of Music in Cleveland and at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He played in his father's band and, on the advice of his brother, gained his first stage experience in the band of saxophonist Charles Tyler . In 1963 he stayed in Europe and in 1964 joined his brother's quartet as the successor to Don Cherry , with whom he also made recordings and accompanied him on his European tour. In 1966 he took part in a concert by John Coltrane at New York's Lincoln Center . Don Ayler's compositions such as “ Jesus ” and “ Our Prayer ” were recorded on Albert Ayler's records; the recordings show a perfectly coordinated pair of siblings. After the early death of Albert Ayler in 1970, who deeply touched Don Ayler, his career as a trumpeter ended, even though he occasionally appeared at concerts.
A recording of a concert in New York from 1969 (a previously unreleased session for Amiri Baraka's Jihad label) was released under his own name , contained in the Albert Ayler box set Revenant's Holy Ghost and a set consisting of three albums, Don Ayler in Florence 1981 .
Discographic notes
- Albert Ayler: Lörrach / Paris ( HatArt , 1966)
- Albert Ayler: In Greenwich Village ( Impulse! Records , 1967)
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
Web links
- detailed biography of Eugene Chadbourne in the All Music Guide
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ayler, Don |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ayler, Donald (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 2007 |
| Place of death | Northfield, Ohio |