Albert Ayler > Ghosts (1st Variation)
Composed by Albert Ayler

This early recording set up all the contradictions in the avant-garde jazz movement. Beautiful, memorable melodies juxtaposed against modern cacophony. Ayler was tortured between the poles.

It’s looking like all my picks this week are saxophonists. Sure, there was one critical pianist but the reeds meant the most to me.

Avant-Garde Jazz Week #3 
Legends of the Saxophone #6
Legends of Avant-Garde Jazz #3