Chappaqua Suite

Chappaqua Suite
Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedJune 15–17, 1965
GenreFree jazz
Length80:11
LabelColumbia
ProducerHenri Renaud
Ornette Coleman chronology
Town Hall, 1962
(1962)
Chappaqua Suite
(1965)
At the Golden Circle Stockholm
(1965)

Chappaqua Suite is a free jazz album by alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman which was recorded in 1965 for Columbia Records.

It was originally commissioned by director Conrad Rooks as the soundtrack to his film Chappaqua; however, the music was not used in the released version of the film because Rooks decided upon hearing Coleman's music that its inherent beauty might detract from the force of the film.[1]

  1. ^ Berendt, Joachim-Ernst; Huesmann, Günther (2009). The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century (7th ed.). Lawrence Hill. pp. 142–143. ISBN 978-1-55652-820-0.