Cat No JR651

• The splendid, rare 1971 concert included on this CD presents Ornette Coleman with his celebrated quartet was recorded Live in Paris, in November 1971. This music appears for the first time ever on CD and with splendid sound quality.

• Ornette Coleman Quartet's Paris concert was part of the group's European tour that included performances in many countries. Some of these shows were privatelyrecorded and later issued, like those in Belgrade on November 2, 1971, and Berlin on November 5, 1971 - but the exact date of the Paris concert remains unknown. Its only previous appearance on record was for a long unavailable bootleg LP.

• Personnel : Ornette Coleman, alto sax, trumpet & violin; Dewey Redman, tenor sax & mussette; Charlie Haden, bass; and Ed Blackwell, drums. Superb digipackedition - Total time: 53:51 - includes a booklet with insightful information and a great photo by Val Wilmer.

• One of the last remaining living legends of jazz, Ornette Coleman is still touring the world with his music. He remains as innovative and creative now as he was in the late fifties, when his unique sound first came on the scene.