Ornette Coleman

4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

This release presents the seminal Ornette Coleman album The Shape of Jazz to Come in its entirety, featuring the debut of the splendid piano-less quartet with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins.

PERSONNEL:

ORNETTE COLEMAN (as)
DON CHERRY (cor)
CHARLIE HADEN (b)
BILLY HIGGINS (d)

Hollywood, California, May 22, 1959.

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

TRACKS:

01. Lonely Woman
02. Eventually
03. Peace
04. Focus On Sanity
05. Congeniality
06. Chronology
07. Monk And The Nun
08. Just For You

Total Time: 47:53

“The element that pours out of this disc is creativity in strong, concentrated waves. Four of the half dozen Coleman originals in this collection grow out of bop roots, but Coleman hears other things, too. This is not easy music for the listener, but even at its most difficult it remains compelling. (John S. Wilson)