This Is Our Music

This Is Our Music

by Ornette Coleman
This Is Our Music

This Is Our Music

by Ornette Coleman

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - 180 Gram Vinyl)

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Overview

With two landmark albums already under its belt, the Ornette Coleman Quartet spent nearly a year out of the studio before reconvening for This Is Our Music. This time, Billy Higgins is replaced on drums by Ed Blackwell, who has a similar knack for anticipating the ensemble's direction, and proves a more fiery presence on tracks like "Kaleidoscope" and "Folk Tale." The session is also notable for containing the only standard (or, for that matter, the only non-original) Coleman recorded during his tenure with Atlantic -- Gershwin's "Embraceable You," which is given a lyrical interpretation and even a rather old-time, sentimental intro (which may or may not be sarcastic, but really is pretty). In general, though, Coleman disapproved of giving up his own voice and viewed standards as concessions to popular taste; as the unapologetic title of the album makes clear, he wanted to be taken (or left) on his own terms. And that word "our" also makes clear just how important the concept of group improvisation was to Coleman's goals. Anyone can improvise whenever he feels like it, and the players share such empathy that each knows how to add to the feeling of the ensemble without undermining its egalitarian sense of give and take. Their stark, thin textures were highly distinctive, and both Coleman and Cherry chose instruments (respectively, an alto made of plastic rather than brass and a pocket trumpet or cornet instead of a standard trumpet) to accentuate that quality. It's all showcased to best effect here on the hard-swinging "Blues Connotation" and the haunting "Beauty Is a Rare Thing," though pretty much every composition has something to recommend it. All in all, This Is Our Music keeps one of the hottest creative streaks in jazz history going strong. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date: 05/06/2014
Label: Org Music
UPC: 0711574708611
Rank: 41771

Tracks

  1. Blues Connotation
  2. Beauty is a Rare Thing
  3. Kaleidoscope
  4. Embraceable You
  5. Poise
  6. Humpty Dumpty
  7. Folk Tale

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ornette Coleman   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Ornette Coleman Quartet   Primary Artist
Ed Blackwell   Guest Artist,Drums
Charlie Haden   Guest Artist,Bass,Double Bass
Don Cherry   Guest Artist,Cornet,Trumpet

Technical Credits

George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer,Lyricist
Jean Ristori   Mastering
Phil Iehle   Engineer
Nesuhi Ertegun   Producer,Supervisor
Ornette Coleman   Composer,Liner Notes
Tom Dowd   Engineer
Lee Friedlander   Cover Photo,Photography
Urs Tschuppert   Design
Claude Nobs   Liner Notes
Giovanni Scatola   Remastering
Florence Halfon   Reissue Supervisor
Yves Bigot   Liner Notes
Kevin Le Gendre   Liner Notes
Loring Eutemey   Cover Design
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