Primera parte de una serie de especiales dedicados a unos de los grandes nombres del free jazz que nos dejó hace un par de semana, el gran Ornette Coleman. A l o largo de una serie de monográficos, iremos respasando cronológicamente la trayectoria de uno de los grandes.

Esta primera parte abarca desde 1958 a 1961.

PLAYLIST LJ#107

Something Else!!!!
1958
Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
Don Cherry – cornet
Walter Norris – piano
Don Payne – double bass
Billy Higgins – drums

02-The Blessing (4:49)

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Tomorrow Is the Question!
1959
Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Don Cherry – trumpet
Percy Heath – bass (tracks 1–6)
Shelly Manne – drums
Red Mitchell – bass (tracks 7–9)

08-Turnaround (7:58)

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The Shape of Jazz to Come
1959
Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
Don Cherry – cornet
Charlie Haden – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Lonely Woman (5:00)

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Change of the Century
1960
Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone
Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
Charlie Haden — bass
Billy Higgins — drums

Una Muy Bonita (6:02)

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This Is Our Music
1961
Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone
Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
Charlie Haden — bass
Ed Blackwell — drums

Blues Connotation (5:19)

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Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation
1961
Left channel:
Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
Scott LaFaro – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Right channel:
Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Charlie Haden – bass
Ed Blackwell – drums

First Take (17:06)