Ornette Coleman - Ornette
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Artist: Ornette ColemanEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Music Label: Atlantic
Soundtracks:
- W.R.U.
- T. & T.
- C. & D.
- R.P.D.D.
- Proof Readers
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Music Review: 41 days after "Free Jazz"...
Rating: 5 Stars
Recorded a month and ten days after his landmark "Free Jazz", Ornette Coleman's "Ornette!" finds the leader on fire-- coming off such a huge acheivement, his working quartet (now consisting of trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Ed Blackwell) entered the studio to record four new compositions. Remarkably, this album seems to be a big step forward in performance from his earlier records. At a minimum, Don Cherry, who always seemed a bit fragile, is suddenly much more powerful and confident as a performer-- it could be a tour he conducted the summer before in Europe, or his first recording session as a (co) leader (the as-of-then unreleased "The Avant-Garde" with John Coltrane), or soemthing else, but Cherry playing is brilliant throughout, matching Coleman's. Likewise, Ed Blackwell seems fully integrated in the quartet and his signature sound, slightly absent on "This is Our Music" (his first recording with Coleman) and "Free Jazz", is fully present-- the New Orleans marching band feel he brings to the best of his work is prevelent throughout. Look no further than "T. & T.", a drum feature where Blackwell plays a marching beat and an amazingly patient and subtle solo to see a good example of his stellar perforamnce. And certainly, Coleman, for someone so pioneering and on the edge, plays with extraordinary confidence and skill. But the last piece of the puzzle is Scott LaFaro.
No slight against Charlie Haden, he's a fantastic bass player and perhaps more inventive than LaFaro, but LaFaro was a virtuoso performer of extraordinary ability, endurance, speed, and strength. His work throughout is nothing short of amazing, be it arco (his beautiful solo on "C. & D.") or pizzicato (the jaw-dropping one on "W.R.U."-- agile and exciting and really beyond words).
Also of note, and different from Coleman's earlier records-- all the cuts barring drum feature "T. & T." (where no one but Blackwell solos) are extended and really give lots of room for the players to stretch and cut loose. As a result, solos by all four are well developed and overflowing with ideas.
The bonus track on this album, "Proof Readers", recorded at the same session, was likely left off because of length of record, not because of merit. The piece is notable certainly for featuring among the best interaction between Coleman and Blackwell-- the two play with a near psychic level of interaction, Coleman twists and turns during his extended solo and Blackwell (and for that matter LaFaro) are right there offering encouragement. In many ways, its quite unfortunate it didn't end up on the album.
With LaFaro's death later in 1961, this was not an effort that would ever be repeated, but certainly its a record deserving attention. Those new to Coleman's work should look to "The Shape of Jazz to Come" first, but "Ornette!", finally in print after being out for quite a while, is a worthy second place to look. Highly recommended.
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