A big mystery in Jazz: Saxophonist Albert Ayler, Thelonius Monk’s protége, says good-bye to his wife and three days later his dead body floats in the river Hudson. The film follows the career of the visionary free-jazz instrumentalist from Cleveland to Sweden, where he recorded his first disc, to New York. Family members, friends, colleagues, spectacular archive material as well as his partly unpublished music and Ayler himself show a diverse portrait of a complex personality.
www.mynameisalbertayler.com
Selected Press:
"ONE OF THE TEN BEST FILMS OF 2007″ - The Observer
“AN EXTRAORDINARY PORTRAIT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSICIAN” - Sight & Sound
"REMARKABLE ... A CAUSE FOR REJOICING" - The New Yorker
"ONE OF THE MOST STARKLY BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING DOCUMENTARIES EVER MADE ABOUT A JAZZ MUSICIAN" - Jazz Times
“BRINGS AYLER BACK TO LIFE" - Village Voice

Hamburg: Sunday, Dec 6th, 7.30 pm, 3001

Berlin: Sunday, Dec 13th, 4 pm, Eiszeit