Ornette At 12 / Crisis

Ornette At 12 / Crisis
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As the man who basically invented free jazz and even coined the term, Ornette Coleman has had the vast majority of his catalog reissued on CD, and rightfully so. But there are two records, both released on the legendary Impulse! label, that have somehow escaped digitization until now, The first, 1969â€™s Ornette at 12, features Ornette on alto sax, trumpet, and violin with Dewey Redman on tenor sax, long-time collaborator Charlie Haden on bass, and son Denardo (age 12 at the time of the 1968 recording) on drums. The jazz world was still getting over the effrontery of Denardo playing drumsâ€”he had made his debut two years earlier on The Empty Foxholeâ€”which may explain why this oneâ€™s remained in the vaults till now. But Redmanâ€™s playing on tenor is just stellar, and Ornetteâ€™s untrained trumpet and violin technique make a nice foil for Denardoâ€™s fresh approach to the traps. Another boundary-pushing record in a career full of them. But if itâ€™s a puzzle that Ornette at 12 has not been previously reissued, itâ€™s a downright mystery why 1972â€™s Crisis also hasnâ€™t come out; recorded live in 1969 at N.Y.U. with a killer band of Redman, Haden, Denardo, and Don Cherry on flute and trumpet, it takes its place with Broken Shadows and Science Fiction as one of Ornetteâ€™s great small group recordings of the late â€˜60s and early â€˜70s. The version of Hadenâ€™s â€œSong for Cheâ€ is one of the best on record, the rendition of â€œBroken Shadowsâ€ here is simply beautiful, which is not a term many associate with Colemanâ€™s playing, and the addition of Don Cherryâ€”fresh from his own experiments in Indian and African musicâ€”spices up what is already a pretty heady brew. Real Gone Musicâ€™s two-for-one reissue of this pair of albums features the original gatefold album art and an essay by Howard Mandel, author of Miles, Ornette, Cecil: Jazz Beyond Jazz. Remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision from original tape sources.
Country USA
Brand Real Gone Music
Manufacturer Real Gone Music
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 0848064006145
ReleaseDate 2017-09-08
UnitCount 1
UPCs 848064006145
EANs 0848064006145

Country	USA
Brand	Real Gone Music
Manufacturer	Real Gone Music
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	0848064006145
ReleaseDate	2017-09-08
UnitCount	1
UPCs	848064006145
EANs	0848064006145

Ornette At 12 / Crisis

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