Sunday, January 9, 2022

cxxx: COLEMAN, Ornette: Free Jazz

cxxx. COLEMAN, Ornette (1930-2015)

Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1961)
Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone
Eric Dolphy, bass clarinet
Don Cherry, pocket trumpet
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
Scott LaFaro, bass
Charlie Haden, bass
Billy Higgins, drums
Ed Blackwell, drums
(36:58)


Harmolodics.

Coleman defined this as "the use of the physical and the mental of one's own logic made into an expression of sound to bring about the musical sensation of unison executed by a single person or with a group"

Meaning that "harmony, melody, speed, rhythm, time and phrases all have equal position in the results that come from the placing and spacing of ideas."

That "unison" can be clearly intuited through the "polyphonic" or "ensemble" introductions to each of the eight solos.

Thirty-seven minutes worth of music for those with big brave ears ...

00:00: Polyphonic introduction
00:07: Ensemble introduction to Eric Dolphy
00:22: Eric Dolphy solo
05:12: Ensemble introduction to Freddie Hubbard
05:40: Freddie Hubbard solo
09:54: Ensemble introduction to Ornette Coleman
10:05: Ornette Coleman solo
19:36: Ensemble introduction to Don Cherry
19:48: Don Cherry solo
25:21: Ensemble introduction to Charlie Haden
25:26: Charlie Haden solo
29:51: Ensemble introduction to Scott LaFaro
30:00: Scott LaFaro solo
33:47: Polyphonic ensemble introduction to Ed Blackwell
34:00: Ed Blackwell solo
35:19: Ensemble pitch introduction to Billy Higgins
35:28: Billy Higgins solo

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