‘Flowers for Albert’ Tribute Concert

Special Nu Mu Tu Event at 118 Elliot!

Albert Ayler was a forward-thinking improviser who in his short lifespan (1936 -1970) revolutionized approaches to his instrument, and to the jazz language as a whole. The night will be a community-based music making event interpreting the repertoire of Albert Ayler in new ways with a flexible ensemble of local musicians and guests.

This special evening will be led by saxophonist Jeff Lederer, Nu-Mu part-time Guilford Vermont resident and the co-producer of the recent “Revelations” box set (Elemental Records), a re-mastered and for the first time complete recording of the final concert performances of Albert Ayler from July 26-28 at the Fondation Maegth in St Paul du Vence, France.

During the day on Aug 26, a very informally organized “Albert Ayler Memorial Golf Outing” will happen in the Brattleboro area. Ayler was a championship golfer as a youth in Cleveland Ohio. Fees for this event will be donated to local social services organizations. Please contact jeff@littleimusic.com if you wish to participate or for more information.

Suggested admission to the evening concert is $15 – pay as you are able – but all participants and audience members are encouraged to bring a flower. There will be a community meal prior to the performance at 6pm. Contact Jeff at the email above to RSVP.

“For all their abrasiveness and clamor, these mid-sixties recordings have the feel of instant classicism; though lacking the underpinnings of pop-music forms, they have the inner logic of intellectual conviction and emotional necessity. These recordings were instantly, vastly influential, as was Ayler himself”
~from New Yorker review of Ayler “Revelations” box set (2022)