Segunda parte de nuestro especial dedicado al gran Ornette Coleman. Seguimos con el repaso cronológico de su carrera. Hoy toca el periodo que abarca desde el año 1961 a 1962, marcado por sus últimos años en Atlantic Records, la disolución de su cuarteto y la presentación de su nuevo trío.

PLAYLIST LJ#108

Ornette! (Atlantic, 1961)

Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone
Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
Scott LaFaro — bass
Ed Blackwell — drums

Tema: R.P.D.D. (9:39)

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Ornette on Tenor (Atlantic, 1961)

Ornette Coleman — tenor saxophone
Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
Jimmy Garrison — bass
Ed Blackwell — drums

Tema: Enfant (6:27)

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The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic, 1959-61 [1970])

Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone; tenor saxophone on “Harlem’s Manhattan”
Don Cherry — pocket trumpet; cornet on “Just for You”
Charlie Haden — bass on 1959 and 1960 tracks
Scott LaFaro — bass on “The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro”
Jimmy Garrison — bass on “Harlem’s Manhattan”
Billy Higgins — drums on 1959 tracks
Ed Blackwell — drums on 1960 and 1961 tracks

Tema: Harlem’s Manhattan (8:09)

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Twins (Atlantic, 1961 [1971])

Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone
Don Cherry — pocket trumpet; cornet on “Monk and the Nun”
Charlie Haden — bass on 1959 and 1960 tracks
Scott LaFaro — bass on “First Take” and “Check Up”
Billy Higgins — drums on “First Take” and “Monk and the Nun”
Ed Blackwell — drums on 1960 and 1961 tracks
Freddie Hubbard — trumpet on “First Take”
Eric Dolphy — bass clarinet on “First Take”

Tema: Check Up (10:10)

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To Whom Who Keeps a Record (Atlantic, 1959-60 [1975])

Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone
Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
Charlie Haden — bass
Billy Higgins — drums on “Music Always”
Ed Blackwell — drums on 1960 tracks

Tema: P.S. Unless One Has (Blues Connotation No. 2) (5:55)

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Town Hall, 1962 (ESP Disk, released 1965)

Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone
David Izenzon — double bass
Charles Moffat — drums

Tema: Doughnut (9:35)