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Hammer Screenings- My Name is Albert Ayler
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024


March 5th, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
My Name is Albert Ayler,My Name is Albert Ayler, March 5, 2008
© Courtesy of Kasper Collin and the Hammer Museum
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EVENT TYPE:  
Screening
WEBSITE:  
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu
NEIGHBORHOOD:  
culver city/west la
PHONE:  
310-443-7000
OPEN HOURS:  
Tue-Sat 11-7, Thu 11-9, Sun 11-5
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Seven years in the making, Director Kasper Collin’s astounding documentary shares the story of prophetic free jazz saxophonist, Albert Ayler. Ayler always said that “if people don’t like it now, they will,” which has proven more than accurate, as he is now widely seen as one of the most important innovators. In 1962 he recorded his first album in Sweden. Eight years later he was found dead at 34, in New York’s East River. Tracing his journey from Cleveland to Sweden and ultimately to New York, this documentary uses newly discovered audio and film recordings of Ayler and interviews with his family, friends, and fellow musicians. Join Kasper Collin in person for a post-screening Q&A.

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