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Boogie Shoes
15, Feb 2009SLEEP TALK LOVE WORDS Ornette Coleman and Prime Time Of Human Feelings Antilles : 1982 OC, alto sax; Bern Nix and Charles Ellerbee, guitar; Jamaaladeen Tacuma, bass; Calvin Weston and Denardo Coleman, drums. New York City, 1979: Sid’s dead, graffiti everywhere, The Warriors opens in movie theatres to sporadic violence. And Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time hits a [...]
D:O [Heart] the 80s, Part One
12, Jan 2009DEWEY’S CIRCLE David Murray Ming Black Saint : 1980 BUY DM, tenor sax, bass clarinet; Olu Dara, trumpet; Lawrence “Butch” Morris, cornet; George Lewis, trombone; Henry Threadgill, alto sax; Anthony Davis, piano; Wilber Morris, bass; Steve McCall, drums. MOON WALTZ John Carter Dance of the Love Ghosts Gramavision : 1986 JC, clarinet; Marty Ehrlich, bass [...]
Town Hall, Town Hall
15, Apr 2008ZIG ZAG THE EMPTY FOXHOLE Ornette Coleman The Empty Foxhole Blue Note : 1966 OC, alto sax, trumpet; Charlie Haden, bass; Denardo Coleman, drums. On Christmas night, 1962, Ornette Coleman presented a self-promoted concert at New York’s Town Hall, a cozy, old-fashioned theatre that is something like a very compressed Carnegie Hall on the intimacy-o-meter. [...]
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Mellow Gold (Part Two)
9, Aug 2007THE GOLDEN NUMBER SHEPP’S WAY Charlie Haden The Golden Number A&M : 1977 Jazz Loft CH, bass; Ornette Coleman, trumpet (on “The Golden Number”); Archie Shepp, tenor sax (on “Shepp’s Way”). Gold Fever, y’all: We’re back with another installment of the Golden Number. In mathematics, the golden number refers to certain geometric properities that create [...]
THE BEST JAZZ OF THE 1990s, Part Four
24, May 2007WELCOME TO NINETIES WEEK (Part four of five) ‘I love the ’90s!’ – Colette Over the past month, we polled music critics, musicians, and bloggers for their favorite jazz records from the 1990s. We got a terrific response. See below for day one, day two, and day three. Today, we conclude with the last of [...]
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Ornette at 77
9, Mar 2007In case you’re wondering, “Hey, why the rare Friday post?”, well, today’s a national–nay, world–holiday. It’s Ornette Coleman’s birthday. To celebrate, we have the privilege and pleasure of presenting another wonderful guest post by Ethan Iverson. Great music, great writing–it’s as if it’s our birthday. Anyway, best wishes to OC, and many happy returns. See [...]
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