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Ornette Coleman

The Shape Of Jazz To Come

Format: LP

Record Label: Atlantic

Condition: New (this is a new copy, but is not sealed - I've put it in a plastic sleeve and separated the record to prevent seam splits during shipping)

* High quality reissue - 180 gram vinyl - originally released in 1959.
* 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. The pieces here follow almost no predetermined harmonic structure, which allows Coleman and partner Don Cherry an unprecedented freedom to take the melodies of their solo lines wherever they felt like going in the moment, regardless of what the piece's tonal center had seemed to be. (All Music Guide)
* Ornette Coleman (alto sax) / Donald Cherry (cornet) / Charlie Haden (bass) / Billy Higgins (drums)
* Track Listing: Lonely Woman / Eventually / Peace / Focus On Sanity / Congeniality / Chronology