Ornette Coleman

• 4 1/2 stars all music guide

Culled from sessions in 1959-61 and released ten years later, “The Art of the Improvisers” sits neatly along side the Ornette Coleman albums released around 1960, all still acheiving cult status with modern jazz bohemians. More musical than you might at first think for “free jazz”, Coleman nevertheless sought comparison with “drip-school” artist Jackson Pollock and Abstract Expressionism. The abstract cover is his own painting, which gives some substance to his link between Art and Music

PERSONNEL:

• Don Cherry (cornet)
• Ornette Coleman (alto sax)
• Charlie Haden (bass)
• Billy Higgins (drums)

Los Angeles, CA, May 22, 1959

TRACKS:

• 01. The Circle With A Hole In The Middle
• 02. Just For You
• 03. The Fifth Of Beethoven
• 04. The Alchemy Of Scott La Faro
• 05. Moon Inhabitants
• 06. The Legend Of Bebop
• 07. Harlem's Manhattan