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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
| 1 | Lonely Woman | ♡ | 5:01 | Ornette Coleman |
| 2 | Eventually | ♡ | 4:25 | Ornette Coleman |
| 3 | Peace | ♡ | 9:07 | Ornette Coleman |
| 4 | Focus on Sanity | ♡ | 6:53 | Ornette Coleman |
| 5 | Congeniality | ♡ | 6:49 | Ornette Coleman |
| 6 | Chronology | ♡ | 6:09 | Ornette Coleman |
Links
- Folder:
R:\__Jazz\_O\Ornette Coleman\1959. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come (2013) [DSD64] - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000187968
Credits
Alto Saxophone — Ornette Coleman Bass — Charlie Haden Cornet — Don Cherry Drums — Billy Higgins Engineer — Bones Howe Supervised By — Nesuhi Ertegun Written-By — Ornette Coleman
Materials
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