A blog on the feature documentary My Name Is Albert Ayler. See the films official website for more info.
Words from the press:
“ONE OF THE TEN BEST FILMS OF 2007″ - Jason Solomons, The Observer
“REMARKABLE … A CAUSE FOR REJOICING” - New Yorker
“THE MUST-SEE MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER” - Jim Ridley, Nashville Scene (Critics’ Choice!)
“BEAUTIFUL FEATURE DEBUT” - LA Weekly (GO!)
“BRINGS AYLER BACK TO LIFE” - Village Voice
“PUTS MOST LATTER-DAYS DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT CULT MUSICIANS TO SHAME.” - New York Sun
“A GORGEOUS PORTRAIT” - Variety
“ONE OF THE MOST STARKLY BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING DOCUMENTARIES EVER MADE ABOUT A JAZZ MUSICIAN” - Jazz Times
“A LOVING AND ELEGANTLY CRAFTED DOCUMENTARY THAT CHARTS THE SAXOPHONIST’S COMMITMENT TO HIS ART … HIS MUSIC, WHICH THIS FILM WILL MAKE YOU RUN OUT AND HEAR, IS THE SOUND OF A PACK OF LIONS UNLEASHED.” - Daily Telegraph
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE OR EVEN APPRECIATE AYLER’S STRIKING BRAND OF MUSIC TO BE MOVED BY THIS HEARTFELT TRIBUTE … MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER WILL HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON A BASIC LEVEL.” - Film Journal International
“PROVES THE POWER OF SIMPLE STORYTELLING AND UNDERSTATEMENT WHILE HELPING US HEAR AYLER’S EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC WITH FRESH EARS.” - Channel 4 (Ten Best Films!)
“KASPER COLLIN’S EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY” - Time Out (Critics’ Choice!)
“KASPER COLLIN’S HAUNTING DOCUMENTARY” - The Independent (Five Best Films!)
“AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY FILM … ABOUT ARTISITIC INTEGRITY IN THE FACE OF POVERTY AND OF COMMITMENT TO A MUSICAL VISION” - The Guardian
“PUTS A HUMAN FACE ON AYLER’S LEGACY” - New York Magazine (Critics’ Pick!)
“ADMIRABLE INTIMATE” - Time Out New York (Critics’ Choice/Film Of The Day!)
“I WAS ABSOLUTELY OVERCOME WITH JOY AFTER WATCHING THAT DOCUMENTARY” - Gilles Peterson, DJ Legend, inteviewed by Jason Solomons in Film Weekly/The Observer