| Something Else!!!! | ||||
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| Studio album by Ornette Coleman | ||||
| Released | September 1958[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 10, 22 & March 24, 1958 | |||
| Genre | Free jazz[2] | |||
| Length | 42:15 | |||
| Label | Contemporary | |||
| Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
| Ornette Coleman chronology | ||||
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Something Else!!!! (subtitled The Music of Ornette Coleman) is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. It was released by Contemporary Records in September 1958.[1] According to AllMusic, the album "shook up the jazz world", revitalizing the union of blues and jazz and restoring "blues to their 'classic' beginnings in African music".[3] It is unusual in Coleman's output in that it features a conventional bebop quintet instrumentation (saxophone, cornet, piano, bass and drums); after this album, Coleman would omit the piano, creating a starker and more fluid sound.
- ^ a b Gold, Don, ed. (September 4, 1958). "Music News: USA West" (PDF). Down Beat. Vol. 25, no. 18. Chicago/New York: Maher Publications. p. 11.
- ^ "The 40 Most Groundbreaking Records of All Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Something Else!!!! at AllMusic