This Is Our Music (Ornette Coleman album)

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This Is Our Music
Studio album by Ornette Coleman
Released	1960
Recorded	July 1960
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:48
Label	Atlantic
Producer(s)	Nesuhi Ertegun
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Ornette Coleman chronology
Change of the Century (1960)	This Is Our Music (1960)	Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1960)

This Is Our Music is a free jazz album, recorded and originally released in 1960, by saxophonist Ornette Coleman (see 1960 in music). It is especially notable as Coleman's only Atlantic recording to feature a standard – an unorthodox version of "Embraceable You" – and as the only album to feature the "classic" quartet lineup with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Ed Blackwell. The session includes several of Coleman's most enduring tunes: "Blues Connotation", "Beauty Is a Rare Thing", and "Kaleidoscope" in particular. ("Beauty Is a Rare Thing" eventually became the title of a boxed set of all Coleman's Atlantic recordings, a set which unearthed a remarkable amount of additional material from the original two sessions.)

[edit] Track listing

(all songs written by Ornette Coleman, except "Ebraceable You", by George and Ira Gershwin)

1. "Blues Connotation" – 5:14
2. "Beauty Is a Rare Thing" – 7:12
3. "Kaleidoscope" – 6:33
4. "Embraceable You" – 4:54
5. "Poise" – 4:37
6. "Humpty Dumpty" – 5:20
7. "Folk Tale" – 4:46

[edit] Personnel

• Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
• Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
• Charlie Haden – bass
• Ed Blackwell – drums