| Virgin Beauty | ||||
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| Released | February 18, 1988 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:49 | |||
| Label | Portrait | |||
| Producer | Denardo Coleman | |||
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Virgin Beauty is an album by Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time ensemble. It was released by Portrait Records in 1988.
Three of the album's tracks feature guitarist Jerry Garcia, whose involvement with the recording can be traced back to September 1987, when Coleman, his son Denardo, and Cecil Taylor, attended a Grateful Dead concert.[1] Following the concert, Coleman invited Garcia to the recording session for Virgin Beauty.[1] In February 1993, Prime Time opened for the Dead at a show in Oakland, and Coleman participated in the Dead's "space jam" portion of the concert.[1]