Ornette Coleman & Prime Time Band - Cologne 1987 fragm. 2

[@danielschnee2666]

The reason this kind of First Wave free jazz works is that there is a basis in a steady beat and some semblance of a recognizable bass. The ear needs structures and Ornette found a way to be both free and structural. Completely amazing...

[@elahem6940]

I agree, I've always thought of it as Ornette and his bands were still playing notes not just making sounds/noises on their instruments

[@danielschnee2666]

@@elahem6940 that is completely true, not only because it is obvious from the recordings... but I was his student (no lie!) on and off between 1997 and 2009 and he talked about it all the time. The NY Times even quoted me on it...

[@elahem6940]

@@danielschnee2666 That's awesome, I bet those lessons are cherished experiences!

[@danielschnee2666]

@@elahem6940 I was EXTREMELY lucky to have ended up in that situation, and he was the kindest, sweetest person I have ever met.

[@saraondo2698]

Jamaladean s bass solo intro was cooking. This is my favorite Prime Time line up Saw Ornette play Charlie Parker all nite. You close your eyes you'd swear Charlie was playing. Oh Ornette, no can touch your playing. He was ultra talented and a very nice man.

[@jeshurunabinadab6560]

Ornette Coleman = Jedi Master

[@redhairedstepchild]

remembering Bern Nix..ri p5-31-17..thank you

[@52ndstreetplanetaryensemble]

This is some of my Favorite @&&££># superb Movement.. band is off the chain and Ornette unbelievable!!!!!! Jamaaladean Running the Bass this is a Gem

[@imreloktu3210]

This must be the most colourful piece i have ever heard!

[@dcbeemon]

This works so well with that cookin' rhythm section.

[@XanAxDdu]

thank you i have this cd at my parents home i had the fortune to stay in touch with fusion and jazz after a lot of rock in late 80th.... regards from Roma

[@RogerMFox-vw5cm]

...Wow...Hearin' this, my head is happily flooded with memories of great Prime Time shows all over the L.E.S. of N.Y.C. Thanks, Fox

[@52ndstreetplanetaryensemble]

Playing this again and will continue to play this!

[@juliogarcia773]

Un Genio del Jazz....

[@lucianobladimirpantojaacos4204]

Bern Nix ! what a fucking genius

[@RogerMFox-vw5cm]

...Ornette Lives!!!...4~Ever...Peace, Fox... ... ...

[@christopherwarwick5956]

Never got to grips with harmalodics, but loved the sound of it

[@danielschnee2666]

I once asked Ornette what the Harmolodic System was. Here is his exact reply: "if it will work for me it will work for you.".

[@weasthesoulrevival9725]

AMAZING !

[@andyokus5735]

I saw this formation at Atlanta Jazz Fest in '84. They were powerful! Really rocking! Then Charlie Haden did a acoustic bass solo thing. He sounded like Hendrix. He was unbelievable! I saw Ornette with his orchestra in London. It was kind of lame.

[@teijironishii8841]

👍

[@sashakingcrimson187]

💿💿💿💿

[@LodoGrdzak]

Don't overthink it y'all. You like it? Then you like it. You dont--you dont. Let me ask you this though: Who else sounds like this?

[@bmuhamad]

The band on this date: Ornette Coleman: as, tp, vln; Bern Nix: eg; Charles Ellerbee: eg; Jamaladeen Tacuma: eb; Al MacDowell: eb; Calvin Weston: dr; Denardo Coleman: dr

[@charlesbarry6730]

Ornette's concept of free jazz. You have to listen differently to appreciate this type of music. It is not as difficult as the music performed by Cecil Taylor. This also needs repeated listening.

[@pnadell9231]

The first album I bought was Science Fiction , it took me a couple of listens until I was on board , but then , I collected everything I could . Sadly , I only heard him live once … with Prime Time at the Berklee Performance Center. It changed my life .

[@OFFICIALBLINK182DRUMCOVERS]

@@pnadell9231 JEALOUS^

[@tonocaster]

Andrés Montes a la guitarra...

[@zthetha]

Free jazz seems pretty much like the improvisation of actors working without a script and being encouraged to 'feel' the role. Instances of this Thespian jamming I have been privileged to see fall into three categories - the first and largest being an aimless, dull incoherence; the second, and only slightly smaller, being a self indulgent narcissism; and the third and infinitesimal being the occasional 'happy accident' seeming to produce a flash of brilliance. I suppose it's therapy for them.

[@DubzCo]

Guy was smoking

[@AghoraNath]

Gay