Ornette Coleman The Shape Of Jazz To Come Vinyl

My interest in hearing anything by ornette coleman was piqued many years ago when my favorite singer ever captain beefheart was described as howlin wolf meets ornette on the road to oz.

Ornette coleman the shape of jazz to come vinyl.

Ornette coleman s atlantic debut the shape of jazz to come was a watershed event in the genesis of avant garde jazz profoundly steering its future course and throwing down a gauntlet that some still haven t come to grips with the record shattered traditional concepts of harmony in jazz getting rid of not only the piano player but the whole idea of concretely outlined chord changes. Somewhat noisy and the first copy i bought had some defects towards the beginning on the left channel of both sides of 1st lp that sound similar to non fill. Atlantic 1317 atlantic sd 1317 format. Switching from tenor to alto sax ornette coleman creates free jazz a language where chords structures are absent and harmony gives way to improvisational whims.

1959 s landscape shifting the shape of jazz to come is true to its title. Vinyl lp album stereo reissue presswell pressing country. He re entered my conscience when i saw a youtube video about the four jazz albums that made jazz history that were recorded in 1959. Shop 42 records for sale for album the shape of jazz to come by ornette coleman on cdandlp in vinyl and cd format.