| An Evening with Ornette Coleman | |
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| Live album by | |
| Released | 1967 |
| Recorded | August 29, 1965 |
| Venue | Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London |
| Genre | Free jazz |
| Label | Polydor International 623 246/247 |
| Producer | Alan Bates |
An Evening with Ornette Coleman is a live album by Ornette Coleman. It was recorded in August 1965 at Fairfield Halls in Croydon, London, and was initially released by Polydor International in 1967. The album opens with a recording of a wind quintet by Coleman performed by London's Virtuoso Ensemble, followed by trio performances featuring Coleman on alto saxophone, violin, and trumpet, accompanied by bassist David Izenzon and drummer Charles Moffett.[1][2]
The album was reissued by Freedom Records, a subsidiary of Black Lion Records, in 1972 with the title Ornette Coleman In Europe Volumes I & II, and was reissued again by Arista Records in 1975 as The Great London Concert. In 2008, the FreeFactory label reissued the album on CD under the name Croydon Concert.[1] The wind quintet, titled "Sounds and Forms" on the Polydor and Freedom releases,[3][4] and "Forms and Sounds" on the Arista and FreeFactory releases,[5][6] would be heard in modified form on the album The Music of Ornette Coleman, recorded in March 1967 and released by RCA that same year.[7]
- ^ a b "An Evening with Ornette Coleman". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- ^ "Ornette Coleman Discography". JazzDisco.org. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- ^ An Evening With Ornette Coleman (liner notes). Ornette Coleman. Polydor International. 1967. 623 246/247.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Ornette Coleman In Europe Vol. I + II (liner notes). Ornette Coleman. Freedom Records. 1972. 28 427-3 Z.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ The Great London Concert (liner notes). Ornette Coleman. Arista Records. 1975. AL 1900.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Croydon Concert (liner notes). Ornette Coleman. FreeFactory. 2008. 061.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Ornette Coleman: The Music Of Ornette Coleman". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 16, 2023.