Golden Circle 1 [Live]

Ornette Coleman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005HD0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #450,496 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Announcement

2. Faces and Places

3. European Echoes

4. Dee Dee

5. Dawn

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Coleman, March 14, 2000

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Mr. Mark (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golden Circle 1 (Audio CD)

I have been an Ornette fan for a long time, and have had and heard lots of his music over the years. A few years back I had a break-in, and lost all of my cd's from a to f (they must have gotten spooked or something) Anyway, this cd is one that I still have due to misfiling or something, and It is beautiful. From beginning to end, this trio makes some of the best sounds ever recorded. It is often hard to believe that it is a trio, the music is somehow both incredibly full and spartanly minimalist at the same time. Ornette Coleman will be remembered as one of the most influential and important improvisers of all time and this cd is testimony to it. Very good representation of this period of the mans work.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite Coleman, April 22, 2002

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nadav haber (jerusalem Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Circle 1 (Audio CD)

I find it hard to express anything less than admiration for Ornette Coleman, but this CD is not as great as others I have listened to.
In a song such as Dee Dee - Coleman opens with a humorous phrase, but does not really strech in his improvisation on it. He sounds amused, but not inspired. The rest of the CD is better, especially Dawn. The group plays great together, but for some reason I always get the feeling that Coleman was not all that inspired on this session. I love his "Free Jazz" cd, his 1967 Blue Notes with Dewey Redman, and later works I had a chance to hear.
I enjoy this CD as well, but not as much as I expected. Still, it is good music, interesting and creative.