Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman’s ‘Change of the Century’ is his fourth studio album recorded on October 8 and 9, 1959, with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins and released In June 1960 By Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Ramblin’ (Ornette Coleman) – 06:39 . 2.Free (Ornette Coleman) – 06:24 . 3.The Face Of The Bass (Ornette Coleman) […]

September 19, 1981 – Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Miroslav Vitouš and many more are in Woodstock to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Creative Music Studio, founded by Karl Berger and Ornette Coleman.

Ornette Coleman’s ‘Science Fiction’ is an album Recorded on September 9, 10 & October 13, 1971 and released in 1972 By Columbia. Track Listing : 1.What Reason Could I Give? (Ornette Coleman) – 03:06 . 2.Civilization Day (Ornette Coleman) – 06:04 . 3.Street Woman (Ornette Coleman) – 04:50 . 4.Science Fiction (Ornette Coleman) – 05:03 […]

Sonny Rollins, Frank Foster, John Faddis, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, VSOP II, Laurindo Almeida, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Santana, Gil Evans, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Globe Unity Orchestra, Ornette Coleman. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 290 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious […]

Ornette Coleman’s ‘This Is Our Music’ is his fifth album recorded on July 19 & 26 and August 2, 1960 and released In February 1961 by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Blues Connotation (Ornette Coleman) – 05:16 . 2.Beauty Is A Rare Thing (Ornette Coleman) – 07:13 . 3.Kaleidoscope (Ornette Coleman) – 06:36 . 1.Embraceable You […]

July 26, 1986 – Ornette Coleman and Prime Time perform at “Live Under The Sky festival” at Yomiuri-Land Theatre East in Tokyo, Japan

July 18, 1978 – Ornette Coleman (s, viol) is with Ben Nix (g), James Blood Ulmer (g), Fred Williams (b), Shannon Jackson (d) and Denardo Coleman (d) at Orangerie in Ansbach, Germany

‘Play’ by Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea is an album recorded on June 23, 1990 at Wolftrap (Vienna, Virginia) and June 27, 1990 at Carnegie Hall (New York City) and released the same year by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Spain (Chick Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo) – 10:12 . 2.Even From Me (Chick Corea, Bobby Mcferrin) […]

Chet Baker, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Lester Bowie, Henry Mancini, Art Blakey, Jazz Messengers, Marcus Miller, Gil Evans Orchestra, Roy Hargrove, Karriem Riggins, Spyro Gyra. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 271 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 […]

June 12, 2014 – Patti Smith, Flea, Thurston Moore, David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Savion Glover and more pay a tribute to Ornette Coleman at Prospect Park in Brooklyn

This day (June 11, 2015), in New-York City, died Ornette Coleman, an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, composer and one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement.

‘In Angel City’ by Charlie Haden’s Quartet West is an album recorded on May 30-June 1, 1988. Track Listing : 1.Sunday At The Hillcrest (Charlie Haden) – 06:21 . 2.First Song (Charlie Haden) – 06:57 . 3.The Red Wind (Pat Metheny) – 04:55 . 4.Blue In Green (Miles Davis, Bill Evans) – 07:16 . 5.Alpha […]

Ornette Coleman’s ‘The Shape of Jazz to Come’ is his third album recorded on May 22, 1959 and released in October 1959 By Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman) – 04:59 . 2.Eventually (Ornette Coleman) – 04:20 . 3.Peace (Ornette Coleman) – 09:04 . 4.Focus On Sanity (Ornette Coleman) – 06:50 . 5.Congeniality […]

This day (May 3, 2001), in Inglewood, California, died Billy Higgins, an American jazz drummer who played on over 700 recordings.

Joe Lovano’s ‘Rush Hour’ is an album recorded with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller, between April 6 & June 12, 1994 and released in 1995 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 03:58 . 2.Peggy’S Blue Skylight (Charles Mingus) – 03:33 . […]

March 26, 1987 – Ornette Coleman and Prime Time Band – that is Bern Nix (g), Charlie Ellerbee (g), Jamaaladeen Tacuma (el.b), Al MacDowell (el.b), Denardo Coleman (d) and Grant Calvin Weston (d) – perform at Stadtgarten, Cologne in Germany

Ornette Coleman’s ‘Something Else!!!!’ is his debut album recorded on February 10 – March 24, 1958 with Don Cherry among others and released the same year by Contemporary. Track Listing : 1.Invisible (Ornette Coleman) – 04:11 . 2.The Blessing (Ornette Coleman) – 04:45 . 3.Jayne (Ornette Coleman) – 07:17 . 4.Chippie (Ornette Coleman) – 05:37 […]

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘Lonely Woman’ is an album recorded on January 24, 25 & 29 and February 2, 1962 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman) – 06:20 . 2.Animal Dance (John Lewis) – 04:05 . 3.New York 19 (John Lewis) – 07:59 . 4.Belkis (John Lewis) – […]

Ornette Coleman’s ‘Tomorrow Is the Question!’ is his second album subtitled ‘The New Music of Ornette Coleman!’, recorded on January 16, February 23 and March 9–10, 1959 with Don Cherry, Percy Heath, Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell and released the same year bBy Contemporary. Track Listing : 1.Tomorrow Is The Question! (Ornette Coleman) – 03:09 […]

Branford Marsalis’ ‘Trio Jeepy’ is an album recorded on January 3-4, 1988 with bassist Milt Hinton and released in June 1989 By Sony Music. Track Listing : 1.Housed From Edward (Branford Marsalis) – 09:27 . 2.The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 10:30 . 3.Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 05:07 […]