| The Art of the Improvisers | ||||
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| Released | November 2, 1970 | |||
| Recorded | May 22 and October 9, 1959 July 26, 1960 January 31 and March 27, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:18 | |||
| Label | Atlantic 1572 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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The Art of the Improvisers is an album credited to jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released by Atlantic Records in 1970.[1] The album was assembled without Coleman's input, comprising outtakes from recording sessions of 1959 to 1961 for The Shape of Jazz to Come, Change of the Century, This Is Our Music, Ornette!, and Ornette on Tenor.[2] Recording sessions in 1959 took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California; those in 1960 and 1961 at Atlantic Studios in New York City.
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