Coleman Classics Volume 1

Coleman Classics Volume 1 is a live album by pianist Paul Bley, saxophonist Ornette Coleman, trumpeter Don Cherry, drummer Billy Higgins and bassist Charlie Haden recorded in California in 1958 and released Bley's on the Improvising Artists label in 1977.^[1] The album is notable as being an early live recording of Ornette Coleman, made shortly after his first album, Something Else!!!! and featuring the group (without Bley) that would soon record the classic Atlantic albums The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Change of the Century (1960).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting "Coleman already had his very original style pretty much together at this early stage. Paul Bley was wise enough to mostly stay out of the way and he clearly benefited from this encounter with some of the pioneers of free jazz".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated

"When Will The Blues Leave" - 14:06
"Crossroads" - 2:00
"Rambling" - 14:28
"How Deep Is the Ocean" (Irving Berlin) - 4:40

Personnel

References

↑ Ornette Coleman catalog, accessed June 28, 2014
1 2 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 29, 2014
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 45. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Paul Bley
Studio albums	Introducing Paul Bley Paul Bley Solemn Meditation Footloose! Barrage Touching Closer Ramblin' Mr. Joy Paul Bley with Gary Peacock Ballads The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show Open, to Love Paul Bley/NHØP Jaco Alone, Again Quiet Song Tears Tango Palace Sonor Questions Diane My Standard Fragments The Paul Bley Quartet The Nearness of You Blues for Red Notes (with Paul Motian) Partners (with Gary Peacock) BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop Memoirs (with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) 12 (+6) In a Row (with Hans Koch and Franz Koglmann) Changing Hands In the Evenings Out There Paul Plays Carla Annette Hands On If We May Time Will Tell (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips) Chaos (with Furio Di Castri and Tony Oxley) Sankt Gerold (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips) Notes on Ornette Not Two, Not One (with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian) Basics Nothing to Declare About Time
Live albums	Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958 Coleman Classics Volume 1 Improvisie Dual Unity (with Annette Peacock) Japan Suite Axis Hot Live at Sweet Basil Solo in Mondsee Play Blue: Oslo Concert
Related	Discography

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