happy birthday ornette

[hoochmonkey9]

Ornette Coleman is 72 today...
I have a lot of celebrating to do. Start with "Shape of Jazz To Come"? or "Skies of America"? or "Science Fiction"? or "Free Jazz"? or "Three Women"? Oi Vey, what's a boy to do...

[Joel]

...time to play Song X:cool:

[BeRiGaN]

The rarest of all jazz legends-a living one!:cool:

[jazzypaul]

Considering how many records Ornette has put out, I still come back to Change of the Century when I'm looking for an Ornette hoe-down.

[clifton]

I think my three favorite musicians of all time are Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, and Ornette Coleman. So happy birthday to one of the greatest musicians of all time, and I'll celebrate with "Free Jazz", the Golden Circle joints, and maybe "Tone Dialing". And dig: On the RVG edition of "At The Golden Circle, Vol. I", there's a long version of "European Echoes" wherein Ornette quotes from "What Now My Love". It actually becomes a sublime moment as the trio plays with the quote. If you can really listen, really HEAR Ornette, you will be transported. He's a profound genius and his music , like all great jazz, can reach inside us and profoundly change us.

[kh1958]

I believe that Ornette, Dewey Redman, Charles Moffett and Prince Lasha all went to the same high school in Fort Worth.

Other products of the Dallas Fort Worth music scene at about the same time were James Clay, David Newman, and Red Garland.

[kh1958]

A fairly obscure Ornette piece that knocks me out is on the Who's Crazy record. It's called the Mis-Used Blues. This is one of the greatest examples of blues playing on a saxophone I've ever encountered. An atypical, absolutely great solo.

[lazy bird]

I prefer his Atlantic albums like 'The shape of jazz to come' and 'Change of the century'. I really like Don Cherry as a sideman on these albums. Free jazz is also very good.

[D.D.]

What's the man doing this days?
He hasn't released anything for quite a while, has he?

[lazy bird]

Originally posted by D.D.
What's the man doing this days?
He hasn't released anything for quite a while, has he?

I don't know, as far as I know, song X was his last album. But I'm not sure. I regret that Ornette doesn't tour around Europe.
I've read the book 'Ornette Coleman / the harmolodic life by John Litweiler. But this book doesn't give information about his career after 1991.

[D.D.]

Originally posted by lazy bird


I don't know, as far as I know, song X was his last album. But I'm not sure. I regret that Ornette doesn't tour around Europe.
I've read the book 'Ornette Coleman / the harmolodic life by John Litweiler. But this book doesn't give information about his career after 1991.

Naaah, the latest one I have is a duo CD with Joachim Kuhn - it's 1996 or 97...

[lazy bird]

Originally posted by D.D.


Naaah, the latest one I have is a duo CD with Joachim Kuhn - it's 1996 or 97...

I'm not that familiar with his output. I'm still collecting his classic albums.

[clifton]

Ornette's total output for the 1990's is The Naked Lunch soundtrack, Tone Dialing, the two Sound Museum albums, and Colors, the duet with Joachim Kuhn, which came out in 1997. He tours occaisionally, most recently in a trio setting with Charnette Moffett on bass and Denardo Coleman on drums. Other than that, I don't know what he's up to. BTW all of Ornette's '90's albums are glorious.

[6djm]

Ornette steals the show on Joe Henry's last album, "Scar" (2001). He appears on the first track, "Richard Pryor Addresses A Tearful Nation". There is also a ten minute hidden track at the end featuring him soloing.

If you haven't heard the album, I would highly recommend it. I don't know how to describe it. Joe's an amazing singer-songwriter, and the album is a fantastic collision of styles. Very dark but uplifting at the same time.

The band on "Scar" includes Brian Blade, Brad Mehldau, Marc Ribot, and Me'Shell Ndegeocello.

There's an essay on Joe Henry's website, explaining Ornette's role on the song and album. It's a great read.

http://www.joehenryaddressesthenation.com/writing/ghost.html

-Dave

[Rooster_Ties]

Originally posted by David Gitin
Last album appearance I know of was on two tracks of Geri Allen's latest one, "With Eyes...

He's on one or two cuts on Lou Reeds most recent album, which only just came out this year. Haven't heard it yet, but here's a link to the AMG review...

Lou Reed: The Raven (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=9:11:29|AM&sql=A64rp281l053a)