Ornette Coleman recorded one of the greatest bodies of work in jazz during a 22-month-long burst of creativity. Between 1959 and 1961, the saxophonist/composer released six studio albums on Atlantic Records that helped usher in the avant-garde, free jazz movement. Those albums, along with more than two hours of session outtakes, are featured together in the ten LP box set The Atlantic Years, all with newly remastered audio by John Webber at AIR Studios. Several of these titles are long out-of-print on vinyl. The Ornette Coleman Legacy, featuring six songs originally released for the first time in 1993 as part of the CD box set Beauty Is A Rare Thing, makes its vinyl debut.
The albums featured in the set are: The Shape Of Jazz To Come (1959), Change Of The Century (1959), This Is Our Music (1960), Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1960), Ornette! (1961), Ornette On Tenor (1961), The Art Of Improvisers (1970), Twins (1971), To Whom Who Keeps A Record (1975), and The Ornette Coleman Legacy (1993). The ten LPs are pressed on 180g vinyl and presented in replica European-style 1960s jackets in a side-loading slipcase. A 12 x 12 booklet with new liner notes written by renowned author-music critic Ben Ratliff and rare pictures taken by legendary jazz photographer Lee Friedlander round out the essential package.
Features:
• 180g 10LP box set
• Featuring The Shape Of Jazz To Come (1959), Change Of The Century (1959), This Is Our Music (1960), Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1960), Ornette!(1961), Ornette On Tenor (1961), The Art Of Improvisers (1970), Twins (1971), To Whom Who Keeps A Record (1975) and The Ornette Coleman Legacy (1993) plus two hours of session outtakes
• The Ornette Coleman Legacy on vinyl for the first time
• Newly remastered audio by John Webber at AIR Studios
• 12 x 12 booklet with new liner notes written by renowned author-music critic Ben Ratliff and rare pictures taken by legendary jazz photographer Lee Friedlander
• LPs presented in replica European-style 1960s jackets in a side-loading slipcase
1. Lonely Woman
2. Eventually
3. Peace
4. Focus On Sanity
5. Congeniality
6. Chronology
LP2 - Change Of The Century
1. Ramblin'
2. Free
3. The Face Of The Bass
4. Forerunner
5. Bird Food
6. Una Muy Bonita
7. Change Of The Century
LP3 - This Is Our Music
1. Blues Connotation
2. Beauty Is A Rare Thing
3. Kaleidoscope
4. Embraceable You
5. Poise
6. Humpty Dumpty
7. Folk Tale
LP4 - Free Jazz
1. Free Jazz - Part 1
2. Free Jazz - Part 2
LP5 - Ornette!
1. W.R.U.
2. T. & T.
3. C. & D.
4. R.P.D.D
LP6 - Ornette On Tenor
1. Cross Breeding
2. Mapa
3. Enfant
4. Eos
5. Ecars
LP7 - The Art Of Improvisers
1. The Circle With A Hole In The Middle
2. Just For You
3. The Fifth Of Beethoven
4. The Alchemy Of Scott La Faro
5. Moon Inhabitants
6. The Legend Of Bebop
7. Harlem's Manhattan
LP8 - Twins
1. First Take
2. Little Symphony
3. Monk And The Nun
4. Check Up
5. Joy Of A Toy
LP9 - To Whom Who Keeps A Record
1. Music Always
2. Brings Goodness
3. To Us
4. All
5. P.S. Unless One Has (Blues Connotation No. 2)
6. Some Other
7. Motive For Its Use
LP10 - The Ornette Coleman Legacy
1. Rise And Shine
2. The Tribes Of New York
3. I Heard It Over The Radio
4. Revolving Doors
5. Mr. And Mrs. People
6. Proof Readers
