
Donald Ayler was the younger brother of Albert Ayler, one of the most charismatic musicians in jazz. If it was his fate to be perpetually in the shadow of the music’s last great innovator, he made his contribution through jagged and unsettling trumpet work, heard on their recordings for Impulse and the radical ESP label, and with a statement that is a stepping stone to appreciating free jazz. A trumpeter known for his full, piercing tone, he performed with John Coltrane at Lincoln Center
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Prophet John
Judge Ye Not
Bells: Part III
The Bebop Tune
Bells: Part IV
The African Song
Light Ih Darkness
The Indian Song
The Eastern Song
Spirits Rejoice
Coltrane's Blues
The Japanese Song
eastern
Coltrane's Blue
donald ayler
Light In Darkness
202 The Indian Song
Peace / [speech by Mr. Ayler]
Encore: The Japanese Song
Peace/ Speech by Mr. Ayler
Peace
The Be-Bop Tune
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