Die Like a Dog (album)

Die Like a Dog: Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler is a live album by saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, bassist William Parker, and drummer Hamid Drake.

"[6] The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3½ stars, calling it "a stark, harrowing meditation on the life and work of Albert Ayler."

"[7] Critic Tom Hull described the album as "impressive, exhaustive work," and stated that "the ghost of Albert Ayler looms large."

"[8] Writing for All About Jazz, Clifford Allen commented: "Die Like a Dog shows the quartet rightly as a working and cooperative band, one with a shared European, American and Japanese heritage and a sensibility that crosses numerous creative isles with a few fell swoops.

"[9] Author Todd S. Jenkins called the album "an apt tribute to the free-jazz great who died like a dog in the East River," noting that it "acknowledges Ayler's music directly and in spirit.