Ornette Coleman: The Shape Of Jazz To Come - LP 180g Vinyl, Remastered

Speakers Corner Records

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SKU:
1317
UPC:
4260019716064
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Edition:
1x LP Vinyl, Remastered, Pure Analogue Recording, Virgin Vinyl Pressed at Pallas in Germany
Rotation Speed:
33rpm
Record Weight:
180g
Vinyl Record Type:
LP
Speakers Corner Records Cat#:
1317
Released:
30.4.2021 in Germany
Original Release:
1959 Label Atlantic Cat# SD 1317
Genre:
Jazz
Artist:
Ornette Coleman
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Ornette Coleman: The Shape Of Jazz To Come Personnel Ornette Coleman (as); Don Cherry (crt); Charlie Haden (b); Billy Higgins (dr) Tracks Lonely Woman; Eventually; Peace; Focus On Sanity; Congeniality; ¬Chronology It was John Lewis, pianist of the Modern Jazz Quartet, who brought Ornette Coleman to the renowned Atlantic label, having heard him play in Los Angeles. »Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz …« he reportedly said. The present initial Atlantic album was released just in time to coincide with the New York debut of the Coleman Quartet in November 1959. Lewis was sure that Coleman would open up new paths for jazz, and his opinion is reflected in the title of the album – The Shape Of Jazz To Come. After the rather worn-out hard bop routine of the past years, this music was like a breath of fresh air. The fast numbers (Eventuality, Chronology) remind one of wildly hyped-up bebop. Other numbers (Congeniality, Focus On Sanity) juggle with catchy, almost folk like short motifs. This album contains two of Coleman’s most beautiful compositions: Peace and Lonely Woman, which was later given lyrics and often heard in its vocal version. The Mulligan-Baker Quartet provided the model for the pianoless quartet – and when the band swings along once in a while with a moderato tempo, it is truly reminiscent of cool jazz. Be that as it may, the two wind instrumentalists just love the frenetic “cry” and the intentionally “imprecise” interplay. Clearly defined stanzas or traditional harmonic forms were not for them. The jazz musicologist Peter N. Wilson wrote: »A record, which is not unjustifiably so entitled« about this LP which was given 5 stars by the magazine Rolling Stone. Es war John Lewis, der Pianist vom Modern Jazz Quartet, der Ornette Coleman an das renommierte Label Atlantic vermittelte. »Ornette Coleman ist der Einzige, der etwas Neues im Jazz macht«, schrieb er damals. Rechtzeitig zum New Yorker Debüt des Coleman-Quartetts im November 1959 erschien dieses erste Atlantic-Album. Dass Coleman »der Zukunft des Jazz neue Wege eröffne« (so Lewis), behauptet auch der Albumtitel, zu Deutsch: “Der Umriss des kommenden Jazz“. Nach der etwas müde gewordenen Hardbop-Routine der vorangegangenen Jahre blies diese Musik wie ein kräftiger Windstoß über die Szene. Die schnellen Stücke (Eventuality, Chronology) lassen an einen wild überdrehten Bebop denken. Andere Themen (Congeniality, Focus On Sanity) jonglieren mit eingängigen, fast folklorehaften Kurzmotiven. Mit Peace und Lonely Woman, das später auch betextet und vielfach gesungen wurde, enthält das Album zwei von Colemans schönsten Kompositionen. Vorbild für die Quartettbesetzung ohne Klavier war das Mulligan-Baker-Quartett – und wenn die Band einmal im Midtempo dahinswingt, erinnert sie wirklich an Cool Jazz. Allerdings lieben die beiden Bläser den ungebändigten “Cry“ und das bewusst “ungenaue“ Zusammenspiel. Klar definierte Strophenformen oder Harmoniefolgen brauchen sie nicht. »Eine Platte, die ihren großmäuligen Titel nicht zu Unrecht trägt«, schrieb der Jazzforscher Peter N. Wilson über diese vom Rolling Stone mit 5 Sternen bewertete Platte. Recording: May 1959 at Radio Recorders, ¬Hollywood, CA, by Bones Howe Production: Nesuhi Ertegun Barcode: 4260019716064 Set contents: 1 LP / standard sleeve Date of release: April 2021

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