| The Music of Ornette Coleman | |
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| Studio album by Ornette Coleman with the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet and the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia String Quartet | |
| Released | 1967 |
| Recorded | March 17 and 31, 1967 |
| Studio | New York City |
| Genre | Free jazz |
| Label | RCA Victor RD-7944 |
| Producer | Howard Scott |
The Music of Ornette Coleman is an album featuring music composed by Ornette Coleman. It was recorded during March 1967 in New York City, and was released later that year by RCA Victor. The album opens with a live recording of a wind quintet titled "Forms and Sounds," performed by the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet, with Coleman providing trumpet interludes. This is followed by two string quartets, titled "Saints and Soldiers" and "Space Flight," performed by the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia String Quartet.[1][2][3]
An earlier version of "Forms and Sounds," without the trumpet interludes, was performed in London on August 29, 1965, and appears on An Evening with Ornette Coleman (Polydor, 1967).[4] Regarding the work, Coleman stated that one of his goals was to allow the musicians "to create a new piece every time the composition was performed."[5] He commented: "My term for this is 'improvise reading,' where an instrument has the possibility of changing the piece by a change in register."[5] "Saints and Soldiers" was inspired by a December 1965 visit to Rome, where Coleman saw the remains of saints and soldiers in funerary urns.[5] Concerning this visit, he reflected: "How incredible that persons of such opposite beliefs... could end up in exactly the same place - a jar."[5] The remaining work, "Space Flight," is brief, fast, and features "structured, growing turbulence."[5]
- ^ Tyranny, "Blue" Gene. "Ornette Coleman: The Music of Ornette Coleman". AllMusic. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- ^ "Ornette Coleman Quartet - The Music of Ornette Coleman". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- ^ "Ornette Coleman Discography". JazzDisco.org. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- ^ "An Evening with Ornette Coleman". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Litweiler, John (1992). Ornette Coleman: A Harmolodic Life. William Morrow. p. 131.