artist:Ornette Coleman 3 notes
Ornette Coleman passed away in 2015, but his revolutionary free jazz legacy keeps getting rediscovered through constant reissues and compilations. Just this year we got "Free Jazz to Ornette! Revisited," showing his influence is still going strong nearly a decade after his death.
May 26
Blue Note 1500
Ornette Coleman · 1960 Spin it Again - Ornette Coleman walked into Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1959 and proved jazz didn't need harmony to make sense.
 genre:Hard Bop
Apr 5
Free Jazz
Ornette Coleman · 1960 Spin it Again - Two quartets, one session, zero agreement, and somehow Coleman made that the whole point.
 genre:Avant-Garde
Apr 5
The Shape of Jazz to Come
Ornette Coleman · 1959 Spin it Again - Coleman walked in with a plastic saxophone and quietly ended an argument that had been going on since bebop started.
 genre:Avant-Garde

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