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Free Jazz (A Collective Improvisation) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Ornette Coleman
4.3 out of 5 stars  (35 customer reviews) | More about this product

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 3, 1998)
  • Original Release Date: December 21, 1960
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Atlantic / Wea
  • ASIN: B00000348D
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #313,679 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Free Jazz
2. First Take

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording
By 1961, when Free Jazz was released, alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman was infamous in the jazz world. His searing alto sax and full-ensemble take on melody were assailed by critics. Free Jazz only furthered Coleman's infamy, with its seamless, seemingly atonal high energy and wholesale lack of a melodic or harmonic center. For the session, Coleman assembled two complete quartets and had them play the same music opposite each other, with diving power and a kind of strange grace usually associated with acoustic blues. The music is raw and incisive, with sharp tones and biting solos appearing amidst propulsive rhythms that still seem whispery in their swishing shuffle. This recording helped cast the 1960s--and every decade since--in jazz. It drew a line in the sand, and critics, fans, and musicians are still haggling over the line today. --Andrew Bartlett