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Ornette Coleman

Title: The Shape of Jazz to Come

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Cat No:EJC55450
Format:CD

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• The seminal Ornette Coleman Atlantic album “The Shape of Jazz to Come” in its entirety, with two bonus tracks only previously on a recent Japanese edition - featuring the debut of the splendid piano-less quartet with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins.

• A watershed event in the genesis of avant-garde jazz, the record shattered traditional concepts of jazz harmony, disposing of both the piano player and the whole idea of concretely outlined chord changes.

• Although, at the time, most critics felt that Coleman’s musical concepts on ‘The Shape of Jazz to Come’ were too radical, in hindsight it is a much tamer and less challenging work (for the listener) than many later recordings by Coleman or other free jazz musicians.

• Personnel : Ornette Coleman, alto sax; Don Cherry, cornet; Charlie Haden, bass; Billy Higgins, drums - Hollywood, California, May 22, 1959.

• Total Time: 47:53 - 8 tracks - Includes 12-page booklet

Track Listing for The Shape of Jazz to Come
1) LONELY WOMAN 4:58
2) EVENTUALLY 4:21
3) PEACE 9:03
4) FOCUS ON SANITY 6:50
5) CONGENIALITY 6:46
6) CHRONOLOGY 6:05
7) MONK AND THE NUN 5:56
8) JUST FOR YOU 3:51

Reviews

Jazz Journal - Bob Weir

Any reader still nervous about so-called free jazz should give it a try.

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