Ornette Coleman

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) – […]

Gerry Mulligan, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis & Friends, Ornette Coleman, Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, Jason Moran, Eliane Elias, Lionel Loueke, Charlie Hunter, Nels Cline & Fred Frith. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 220 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . […]

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 […]

Charlie Haden’s ‘Quartet West’ is an album recorded on December 22 and 23, 1986 and released in 1987 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Hermitage (Pat Metheny) – 07:59 . 2.Body And Soul (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 06:19 . 3.The Good Life (Ornette Coleman) – 04:39 . 4.In The Moment (Charlie […]

Pat Metheny’s ‘Question and Answer’ is an album recorded on December 21, 1989, with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes and released in 1990 by Geffen. Track Listing : 1.Solar (Miles Davis) – 08:27 . 2.Question And Answer (Pat Metheny) – 07:07 . 3.H&H (Pat Metheny) – 06:51 . 4.Never Too Far Away (Pat Metheny) – […]

Ornette Coleman’s ‘Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation’ is his sixth album recorded on December 21, 1960 September 1961 and released by Atlantic Records. Track Listing : 1.Free Jazz (Part One) (Ornette Coleman) – 19:55 . 2.Free Jazz (Part Two) (Ornette Coleman) – 16:28 Musicians : Don Cherry — Pocket Trumpet . Scott Lafaro — Bass […]

‘Song X’ by Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman is a collaborative studio free jazz album recorded on December 12–14, 1985 and released In June 1986 By Geffen. Track Listing : 1.Song X (Ornette Coleman) – 05:38 . 2.Mob Job (Ornette Coleman) – 04:13 . 3.Endangered Species (Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny) – 13:19 . 4.Video Games […]

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.