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Broken Shadows - COLUMBIA
Released: September 1971
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Released: September 1971
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This LP contains eight selections taken from Ornette Coleman's three-year period with Columbia that were previously unreleased. Cut prior to Coleman's formation of Prime Time, these performances...
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Change of the Century
Released: Oct 8, 1959
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Released: Oct 8, 1959
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The second album by Ornette Coleman's legendary quartet featuring Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins, Change of the Century is every bit the equal of the monumental The Shape of Jazz to...
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Coleman Classics, Vol. 1
Released: October 1958
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Released: October 1958
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These fascinating live performances from the Hillcrest Club in Los Angeles feature the original Ornette Coleman Quartet (with Coleman on alto, trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden and...
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Crisis
Released: Mar 22, 1969
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Released: Mar 22, 1969
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A superb and under-recognized recording, Crisis is one-third of a trilogy of extraordinary albums -- the others being Broken Shadows and Science Fiction -- by Coleman's small groups of the late...
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Dancing in Your Head
Released: January 1973
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Released: January 1973
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Following the symphonic explorations of 1972's Skies of America, Ornette Coleman became fascinated with the music of Morocco. Dancing in Your Head is the chaotic result of that experimental period...
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In All Languages
Released: February 1987
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Released: February 1987
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This is an unusual and very stimulating double CD. On the first CD, Ornette Coleman, on alto and tenor, has a reunion with his original quartet, which is comprised of trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist...
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Love Call
Released: Apr 29, 1968
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Released: Apr 29, 1968
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The other half of the New York Is Now session, which is, in a sense, ridiculous. Blue Note issued two records when they really had one. There were two dates, April 29 and May 7, 1968. Half the...
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Something Else!!!!:The Music of Ornette Coleman
Released: Feb 10, 1958
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Released: Feb 10, 1958
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This 1958 debut recording by the Ornette Coleman Quintet, which featured Coleman on his trademark white plastic alto, Don Cherry on trumpet, Billy Higgins on drums, Walter Norris on piano, and Don...
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New York Is Now
Released: Apr 29, 1968
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Released: Apr 29, 1968
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Recorded during the same session that resulted in the Love Call album (in late April and early May of 1968), New York Is Now is one of the true curiosity pieces in Ornette's catalog. With a rhythm...
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Opening the Caravan of Dreams
Released: 1985
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Released: 1985
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Ornette Coleman's innovative Prime Time band is heard at the peak of its powers on this LP from the small Caravan of Dream label. The altoist/leader is the main voice throughout the otherwise very...
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