This Is Our Music (Ornette Coleman album)
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This Is Our Music | |||||
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Studio album by Ornette Coleman | |||||
Released | 1960 | ||||
Recorded | July 1960 | ||||
Genre | Free jazz | ||||
Length | 38:48 | ||||
Label | Atlantic | ||||
Producer | Nesuhi Ertegün | ||||
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Ornette Coleman chronology | |||||
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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 "Embraceable You", by George and Ira Gershwin)
- "Blues Connotation" – 5:14
- "Beauty Is a Rare Thing" – 7:12
- "Kaleidoscope" – 6:33
- "Embraceable You" – 4:54
- "Poise" – 4:37
- "Humpty Dumpty" – 5:20
- "Folk Tale" – 4:46