Tuesday 20 May 2008

Ornette Coleman - Free

Giants of Jazz CD53212. 1996 (1959)


with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins.

That's more like it. The bass and drums on this are so tight you feel they could snap any second and go flying off in opposite directions, but they always stay just on the right side of insane. Coleman and Cherry blast some wild moves, but it all makes sense.

This has tunes. I like tunes, especially in jazz. It makes everything worthwhile.

The playing on here is about as good as it gets. Virtuosic.

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