Ornette Coleman

• 4 stars all music guide

Released originally in 1959, TWINS gathers the tracks that didn't make it onto Ornette Coleman's studio albums during his tenure at Atlantic Records. ''First Take'' is a rehearsal version of the saxophonist's famous ''Free Jazz'' piece, and has Coleman's two dazzling quartets (which featured, between them, trumpeters Don Cherry and Freddie Hubbard, reedist Eric Dolphy, bassists Charlie Haden and Scot Lafaro, and drummers Ed Blackwell and Billy Higgins) playing at the same time.

PERSONNEL:

• Ornette Coleman (alto sax)
• Don Cherry (pocket trumpet)
• Scott LaFaro (bass)
• Billy Higgins (drums)
• Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet)
• Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
• Charlie Haden (bass)V
• and Ed Blackwell (drums)

TRACKS:

• 01 First Take
• 02 Little Symphony
• 03 Monk & The Nun
• 04 Check Up
• 05 Joy of A Joy