Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
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Artist: Ornette ColemanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Lonely Woman
- Eventually
- Peace
- Focus On Sanity
- Congeniality
- Chronology
Free Music Notes for The Shape of Jazz to Come
Free Music Review: Diametrically Opposed Forces
Hit: 5 Stars
Two of the albums most influential to my understanding of jazz both came in 1959. Bill Evans masteripiece Portrait in Jazz and Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come. Bill defined the piano as the well-spring of jazz, Ornette thought the piano was the whole problem. Ornette's frentic solos were a stark contrast Bill's cyborg-like restraint. For all their differences, one thing on which the could agree was that traditional chord voicing had to go. These are both great ablums in their own right, but its all the more exciting to listen to them in context with full knowelge of all that they would inspire in other artists. To be sure, there are a great number of other highly influential albums of that time, but for me, these two stand apart from the pack.
The Shape of Jazz to Come Poster
On this highly influential 1959 album, Ornette Coleman's unique writing style and idiosyncratic solo language forever changed the jazz landscape. On classics such as "Lonely Woman," "Congeniality," and "Focus on Sanity," Coleman used the tunes' moods and melodic contours, rather than their chords, as a basis for his improvisations. In so doing, he opened up jazz soloing immensely and ushered in new freedoms--both individually and collectively. Lest these innovations sound too dry or abstract, it must be noted that both Coleman and trumpeter Don Cherry play with a deep-felt emotion and joy that is as infectious today as it was then. This is truly an essential jazz recording, marking the end of one era, providing the blueprint for the next. --Wally ShoupJazz Music CDs
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