12 Oct 2019

The Shape of Jazz to Come

From Inside Out, 5:00 pm on 12 October 2019
Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman Photo: Mike Licht

 

 

It's a pretty presumptuous title for an album, but Ornette Coleman's 1959 release manages to live up to its name. Coleman dispenses with harmonic accompaniment and frees up his musicians to improvise in the moment.

 

MUSIC DETAILS:

# Artist: Song: Composer: Album Label:
1 Cecile McLorin Salvant I Didn't Know What Time it Was Rodgers/Hart Womanchild Mack Avenue
2 Ornette Coleman Lonely Woman Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come Atlantic
3 Ornette Coleman Eventually Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come Atlantic
4 Ornette Coleman Peace Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come Atlantic
5 Monty Alexander Sweet Georgia Brown Bernie/Pinkard Uplift Jazz Legacy
6 Ornette Coleman Focus on Sanity Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come Atlantic
7 Ornette Coleman Congeniality Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come Atlantic
8 Ornette Coleman Chronology Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come Atlantic

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