Coleman Classics Volume 1

Coleman Classics Volume 1
Live album by Paul Bley, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden & Billy Higgins
Released 1977
Recorded October, 1958
The Hillcrest Club in Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 35:14
Label Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.52
Producer Paul Bley
Paul Bley chronology
Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958
(1958)		 Coleman Classics Volume 1
(1958)		 Footloose!
(1963)

Coleman Classics Volume 1 is a live album by pianist Paul Bley, saxophonist Ornette Coleman, trumpeter Don Cherry, drummer Billy Higgins and bassist Charlie Haden recorded in California in 1958 and released Bley's on the Improvising Artists label in 1977.[1] The album is notable as being an early live recording of Ornette Coleman, made shortly after his first album, Something Else!!!! and featuring the group (without Bley) that would soon record the classic Atlantic albums The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Change of the Century (1960).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting "Coleman already had his very original style pretty much together at this early stage. Paul Bley was wise enough to mostly stay out of the way and he clearly benefited from this encounter with some of the pioneers of free jazz".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated

  1. "When Will The Blues Leave" - 14:06
  2. "Crossroads" - 2:00
  3. "Rambling" - 14:28
  4. "How Deep Is the Ocean" (Irving Berlin) - 4:40

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Ornette Coleman catalog, accessed June 28, 2014
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 29, 2014
  3. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 45. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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