Donald Ayler was a jazz trumpeter and younger brother to saxophonist Albert Ayler

Albert Ayler

Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer.Ayler was among the most primal of the free jazz musicians of the 1960s; critic John Litweiler wrote that "never before or since has there been such naked aggression in jazz" He possessed a deep blistering tone—achieved...

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Born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

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, he went on to work with his brother in the mid-1960s. In 1967 Donald had what he termed a "nervous breakdown", which affected his brother's life as well. In 1970 his brother's death affected him deeply. After that he did work with a septet in Florence

Florence

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, but remains best known for his connection to Albert.

Ayler suffered a sudden heart attack on Sunday October 21, 2007, and died in his home in Northfield Ohio.

External links

• Ayler.org
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• Obituary in The Guardian
  The Guardian
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• News item from the International Trumpet Guild
  International Trumpet Guild
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