Ornette! [sound recording] / the Ornette Coleman Quartet.
Material type: MusicPublisher number: R2 73714 | RhinoSeries: Atlantic jazz masters | Warner Bros. jazz mastersPublication details: [S.l.] : Rhino, p2003.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD | Main Library | CD | JAZZ Ornette Coleman Quartet | Available | 33111005406810 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Recorded a little over a month after his groundbreaking work Free Jazz, this album found Coleman perhaps retrenching from that idea conceptually, but nonetheless plumbing his quartet music to ever greater heights of richness and creativity. Ornette! was the first time bassist Scott LaFaro recorded with Coleman, and the difference in approach between LaFaro and Charlie Haden is apparent from the opening notes of "W.R.U." There is a more direct propulsion and limberness to his playing, and he can be heard driving Coleman and Don Cherry actively and more aggressively than Haden's warm, languid phrasing. The cuts, with titles derived from the works of Sigmund Freud, are all gems and serve as wonderful launching pads for the musicians' improvisations. Coleman, by this time, was very comfortable in extended pieces, and he and his partners have no trouble filling in the time, never coming close to running out of ideas. Special mention should be made of Ed Blackwell, with one of his finest performances. Ornette! is a superb release and a must for all fans of Coleman and creative improvised music in general. ~ Brian Olewnick
"Original album released as Atlantic SD-1378, February 1962"--Insert.
Compact disc.
Original liner notes by Gunther Schuller, inserted.
W.R.U. (16:25) -- T. & T. (4:35) -- C. & D. (13:10) -- R.P.D.D. (9:39) -- Bonus track. Proof readers (10:25).
Ornette Coleman, alto sax; Donald Cherry, pocket trumpet; Scott LaFaro, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums.
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, January 31, 1961.