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28 de jun. de 2024 · Ornette Coleman Quartet (with Charlie Haden) – “Lonely Woman”. Charlie Haden, one of the most influential bassists in jazz and a musician whose stylistic range stretched from free-jazz to sacred music, was born on this day (August 6) in Shenandoah, Iowa, in in 1937. Raised as a country-western singer in a family of musicians, Haden moved ...
Hace 6 días · This was the moment that inspired one of Coleman’s most famous compositions: “Lonely Woman.”. Composed in 1959, “Lonely Woman” was the opening track of The Shape of Jazz to Come, released on Atlantic Records that same year. This first recording of the song featured a stellar cast: cornetist Don Cherry, drummer Billy Higgins, and ...
1 de jul. de 2024 · Saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman is, in the eyes and ears of many, the celebrated pioneer of free jazz par excellence. “Theme from a Symphony (Variation One)” opens his 1976 album Dancing in Your Head.It comes from a period during which Coleman was influenced by Moroccan music, especially heard here via his repetitive yet melodic sax parts.
4 de jul. de 2024 · Vinyl Watch, August 2023: Ornette Coleman, Betty Davis & More. by Matt Micucci. Vinyl is back! Each month on “Vinyl Watch,” we list some of the most noteworthy new vinyl releases — including new albums, reissues, special-edition box sets and more. At JAZZIZ, we share the vinyl community’s appreciation of the experience of collecting and ...
4 de jul. de 2024 · Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um (Columbia) In an outstanding year for jazz, marked by the sublime minimalism of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and the avant-garde experimentation of Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz to Come, Charles Mingus affirmed his artistic independence with a masterful, eclectic work.Signed to Columbia by his friend, producer Teo Macero (whose innovative splicing techniques ...
20 de jun. de 2024 · For some, along with the likes of Pharoah Sanders and Ornette Coleman, he is one of the pioneers of a 1960s avant-garde movement known as Free Jazz and father of a style called Spiritual Jazz. For others (like the BBC producer who famously destroyed a taped broadcast Ayler gave in London!) he is a complete charlatan unworthy of any musical ...
20 de jun. de 2024 · 1959 was a seismic year in the history of jazz music. It saw the arrival of several timeless classics (not least ‘Giant Steps‘ and ‘Kind of Blue‘) and is frequently heralded by critics and fans as the greatest year in jazz. Pioneering releases by the likes of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and Charles Mingus all sought to take their music in different directions, and ...
