{"title":"Ornette Coleman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt New York's Five Spot Café in late 1959, a Texan alto saxophonist and his group began a residency that divided listeners. Some fellow musicians called him a fraud, but Leonard Bernstein was won over by a sound that abandoned chord changes and fixed rhythm for ensemble interplay steeped in blues phrasing, captured on \u003cem\u003eThe Shape of Jazz to Come\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFree Jazz\u003c\/em\u003e (1960) pushed further, setting two quartets improvising for 37 minutes, one in each stereo channel; its title came to name a genre he never felt comfortable with. He picked up trumpet and violin, recorded with his ten-year-old son Denardo on drums, and composed \u003cem\u003eSkies of America\u003c\/em\u003e for the London Symphony Orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the mid-1970s his electric band Prime Time played a funk-driven style built on his theory of harmolodics. \u003cem\u003eSound Grammar\u003c\/em\u003e won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Music, eight years before his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fungilator-recommended-artists\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#C4293D;font-weight:bold;\"\u003eIf you like Ornette Coleman you should check out:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-coltrane-vinyl\"\u003eJohn Coltrane\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/eric-dolphy-vinyl\"\u003eEric Dolphy\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/charlie-mingus-vinyl\"\u003eCharlie Mingus\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alice-coltrane-vinyl\"\u003eAlice Coltrane\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sun-ra-vinyl\"\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/thelonious-monk-vinyl\"\u003eThelonious Monk\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/miles-davis-vinyl\"\u003eMiles Davis\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/freddie-hubbard-vinyl\"\u003eFreddie Hubbard\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sonny-rollins-vinyl\"\u003eSonny Rollins\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/charlie-parker-vinyl\"\u003eCharlie Parker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ornette-coleman-something-else-vinyl-lp","title":"ORNETTE COLEMAN 'Something Else!!!!' Craft 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1958\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eOrnette Coleman's debut, with Don Cherry on trumpet and Billy Higgins on drums, already pointed toward free jazz. Walter Norris's piano gives it a rare structure, and 'The Blessing' and 'Invisible' are bright and searching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44080167551197,"sku":"GM05837","price":62.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/ornettecolemansomethingCRAFT1.jpg?v=1696119558"},{"product_id":"ornette-coleman-shape-of-jazz-to-come-180g-orange-vinyl-lp-1959-jazz","title":"ORNETTE COLEMAN 'Shape Of Jazz To Come' 180g ORANGE Vinyl LP (1959 Jazz)","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1959\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eWith no piano to pin down the chords, Ornette's alto and Don Cherry's pocket trumpet roam freely over Charlie Haden's bass and Billy Higgins' drums. 'Lonely Woman' opens with one of the most mournful melodies in jazz, and the title was a bold promise that came true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\/Mint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Waxtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68242263146717,"sku":"GM05835","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/IMG_5075.jpg?v=1792549283"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goldminerecords.com.au\/collections\/ornette-coleman-vinyl.oembed","provider":"Goldmine Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}