[NewMusic] [NewMusicEvents] SF Premiere, My Name Is Albert Ayler plays at the Red Vic Mar 9 - 1

[Tim Perkis]

I recommend this movie! -- I met the director a few weeks ago at the 
Gothenburg Film Festival in Sweden; this movie has been getting around 
and getting a lot of well-deserved attention!

T



Alan Anzalone wrote:
>
> SF Premiere, My Name Is Albert Ayler plays at the Red Vic Mar 9 -11
>
>  Red Vic Movie House
>  1727 Haight St.
>  San Francisco, CA 94117
>  _http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com_ <http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com/>
>  _http://www.myspace.com/redvicmoviehouse_
>
>
>  My Name Is Albert Ayler
>  Dir. Kasper Collin
>  (Sweden, 2005. 79min; DVCam)
>
>  _http://www.mynameisalbertayler.com/_
>
>  Director Kasper Collin is scheduled to be present at each screening for
>  Q&A.
>
>  SYNOPSIS:
>
>  My Name is Albert Ayler is a new documentary about the prophetic free 
> jazz
>  saxophonist Albert Ayler, who today is seen as one of the most important
>  innovators in jazz. Ayler was obsessed with his radical music and by the
>  thought that people one day would understand it, as he said in his own
>  words "If people don't like it now, they will." In 1962 he recorded his
>  first album in Sweden. Eight years later he was found dead in New York's
>  East River, aged 34.
>
>   The documentary follows the trail of Albert Ayler from his native 
> town of
>  Cleveland to New York by way of Sweden, meeting family, friends and
>  colleagues who help tell the story of his life and music. Ayler himself
>  guides us with his voice and music. Seven years in the making, the film
>  includes newly discovered footage of Albert Ayler and his band.
>
>  "Remarkable!"
>  - The New Yorker
>
>  "Beautiful feature debut ... brings Ayler and his message of spiritual
>  unity back to life"
>  - The Village Voice
>
>  "Heartbreaking as it is, this film is a rarity and not to be 
> missed."- All
>  About Jazz
>
>  SHOWTIMES:
>
>  Sunday: 2:00, 4:00, 7:15, 9:15
>  Monday and Tuesday: 7:15, 9:15
>
>  TICKETS:
>
>  Regular $8.50, $6.50 at 2:00 bargain matinees, $5 for seniors and 
> children
>  at all times.
>  Advanced tickets available starting March 2 at
>  _http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com_ <http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com/>
>
>
> Alan Anzalone
> aanz at mindspring.com <mailto:aanz at mindspring.com>
>
>
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