The mystery of Albert Ayler’s musical legacy – as much as that of his still-unexplained death in 1970 – remains today, more than 54 years after these explosive, enigmatic studio recordings were made in early and late 1964, a source of conjecture and controversy. Primarily because his stunningly powerful projection, unorthodox technique, and unique vision resisted the typical methods of description and analysis, critics and scholars have sought to illuminate or, on the other hand, discredit Ayler’s extraordinarily original creations largely through speculation and metaphor. Art Lange