JAMAALADEEN TACUMA - ORNETTE COLEMAN - PRIME TIME

[discoAL]

man thats str8 up disco..

[Streamline09]

I dig all kinds of music from all eras and spaces. But I always think of this music as timeless and yet so now. How is that possible? :-) Thanks for posting this.

[vintagezigg]

This is just like playing in traffic on acid but safer. And a Fine work of Art it is !

[bonruiz]

Ornette and Primetime ! very expressive improvisation

[soulfunkbass]

OMG! The dirtiest funkiest free jazz Ive heard to date.. This bassist is the boss!

[techxdabruiser]

Can you believe this shit ?!! Ft. Worth, TX, of all places, gave us Ornette, Dewey Redman, Julius Hemphill, King Curtis, Prince Lasha, Cornell Dupree, Charles Mofatt, Ronald Shannon Jackson, James Carter,etc, all from the same high school (I.M. Terrell, now an elementary school). I bet band practice was a mofo ! Older cats would tell amazing stories around town about how their music was so ahead of the curve and far-out..........damn!

[joshuapickenpaugh]

Jamaaladeen Tacuma = Most Fashionable Bassist Ever. Totally dig this, thanks for posting!

[abletonreason]

mmmmm 1:50 onwards  serious chills!!

[sonoluka1]

crazy good shit.....locooooooo...more power to mr.O

[heinzremold]

This is one of the most outstanding performances I have heard from prime time. I am looking for stuff like this for years. Sometimes you get lucky.

Heinz Remold

[peterweikl]

thanks for posting this incredible piece of music!

[bassboy909]

Incredibly great. So thrilled to find this!!! Thank you so much!! xoxo

[douglasgorney]

I have been looking for this for YEARS!! This CD (Of Human Feelings) never made it to CD. Criminal! Indeed, great performance. No one has ever been able to touch mid-eighties vintage Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Ornette = straight up music deity. The fact that Milton Berle is introducing them pushes the boundaries of awesome.

[leftthestage]

@douglasgorney there is a CD issue on Polystar Japan. Pretty rare though I expect. it's a terrific record. great to see this vid up again

[douglasgorney]

I have been looking for this for YEARS!! This CD (Of Human Feelings) never made it to CD. Criminal! Indeed, great performance. No one has ever been able to touch mid-eighties vintage Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Ornette = straight up music deity.

[codyclarke]

The greatest music performance in SNL history

[Soul74]

If I remember correctly , the line up is:

Ornette Coleman-Alto

Bern Nix -Guitar

Charlie Ellerby-Guitar

Jamaaladeen Tacuma-Bass

Ronald Shannon Jackson-Drums

Denardo Coleman-Drums

[douglasgorney]

@Soul74 That looks exactly right to me. Well done.

[MrPepinster]

And the number is "Times Square." I saw this when it was originally broadcast, and it's still the best five minutes of music I've ever seen on TV. I've looked for it on youtube many times over the years and am thrilled to have finally found it. Many thanks for posting it!

[yetimike]

Sweeeeet! Thanks for uploading this.

It's from SNL, April 14th, 1979 if IMDB is to be believed.