Jazzbuhne Berlin '88
Released: June 1988
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Released: June 1988
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Recorded some 14 years after its first incarnation, this live recording indicates that Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band hadn't evolved too much either in its group sound or in the leader's...
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The Music of Ornette Coleman: Forms and Sounds
Released: Mar 17, 1967
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Released: Mar 17, 1967
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Legendary as the performer/composer who freed jazz from the harmony and songforms of Tin Pan Alley ballads, these pieces show more of Coleman's path since his densely chromatic orchestral piece...
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The Empty Foxhole
Released: Sep 9, 1966
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Released: Sep 9, 1966
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Ornette Coleman's brief tenure at Blue Note was neither as seminal as his Atlantic output nor as brazenly ambitious as his early-'70s work for Columbia and later with Prime Time. Still, the period...
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This Is Our Music
Released: Jul 19, 1960
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Released: Jul 19, 1960
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With two landmark albums already under its belt, the Ornette Coleman Quartet spent nearly a year out of the studio before reconvening for This Is Our Music. This time, Billy Higgins is replaced on...
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Tomorrow Is the Question!
Released: Jan 16, 1959
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Released: Jan 16, 1959
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On his second outing for the Contemporary label, Ornette dusted the piano from the bandstand and focused instead on a quartet. For some unexplained reason, Billy Higgins was replaced by Shelly...
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Twins
Released: May 22, 1959
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Released: May 22, 1959
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The five performances on this LP were not released until 1971. Of greatest interest is a shorter version of the nearly 40-minute "Free Jazz," which at 17 minutes was simply titled "First Take." In...
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Virgin Beauty
Released: 1988
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Released: 1988
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This CD is often quite exciting, if a bit messy. Ornette Coleman (on alto, trumpet and violin) is heard with his "double quartet" Prime Time, which at the time was comprised of guitarists Bern Nix...
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Who's Crazy
Released: 1966
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Released: 1966
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This two-LP set contains the soundtrack Ornette Coleman and his trio contributed for the obscure Belgian film of the same name. Coleman (switching between alto, trumpet and violin), bassist Dave...
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The Art of the Improvisers
Released: May 22, 1959
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Released: May 22, 1959
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Like many of Ornette Coleman's Atlantic sides, Art of the Improvisers was recorded in numerous sessions from 1959-1961 and assembled for the purpose of creating a cohesive recorded statement. Its...
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