Ornette Coleman Bass Quartet

[MokshaIS]

charnett moffett ??

[briteness]

Great stuff, but why do more Europeans seem to 'get' jazz than Americans?

[ArtD42]

@briteness Um, says who? If Europeans "get" jazz more than Americans, how come even long past it's heyday, there are still more American jazz artists of note than European jazz artists? I'm not trying to say that American jazz musicians are better than Europeans, but there's no basis for that comment, in my opinion.

[Neidhardt84]

@ArtD42 I think you misunderstood what he really meant to say. In fact, jazz is much more appreciated in Europe than in the US. So many, if not most, American jazz musicians work in Europe on a regular basis because otherwise they wouldn't survive. Despite its influence on most modern music styles, the cultural achievements of jazz have still not been recognized in the US. American jazz musicians are certainly better than Europeans and when I say American, I mean African-American!

[ArtD42]

@Neidhardt84 First of all, the cultural achievements of jazz are CERTAINLY recognized in the U.S., it's just not as popular in general as in Europe. But plenty of Americans are aware of Jazz's impact and take pride in it. Second, the idea that only African-Americans are capable of true Jazz or some variation on that statement is naive at best, and dated stereotyping about racial culture at worst. Please don't try to make that argument in front of your black friends, if you have any.

[flammesombres]

Love this!

[kevinm4435]

i hear the rite of spring !

[kevinm4435]

and not to mention... a bach cello prelude?

[bassrafe]

Le sacre du printemps

[NPjazzsaxmusic]

how is this a quartet?

great stuff though, shows how versatile those four thick strings can be!

[pjustusxi]

Sax, two basses (one upright, one electric), and drums. They're awesome!

[pjustusxi]

Erf, I just noticed that there are THREE bassists.

[MokshaIS]

is that Charnett Moffett?

[ColmOSullivanRed]

Yes.

[slapit5]

whats the name of the electric bass player? anyone?

[ornettology]

the name of the bloke is Al Macdowel. he wes a member of the ornette's Prime Time. He's currently turning with ornette in through europe.

[thomasloyens]

sweet thanks for taping and posting

[voncoolio]

random notes

[19bluesman87]

random estimation

[MokshaIS]

@voncoolio "all chaos...order...unknown to thee..."

could it be>?>

[raggers159]

did any one else hear the rite of spring in their somewere

[kevinherbert]

Only bouncing around your limited synapses.

[jeph63]

Bach's, "Prelude to Cello Suite in G" a couple minutes in.

[polymath7]

Yes, raggers, I discern Rite of Spring as well.

[Egorend]

appr 1:14. no doubt

[kevinm4435]

mos def

[kevinherbert]

Musically aimless...uninspiring movie soundtrack fare....but he's made a good living out of it & good luck to him

[personflesh]

Yeah, certainly there's been alot, to my mind, of often silly hackery in the different groups and in choices he's made, but I still have to say that for me ,atleast, the stuff that has worked (again, for me) is simply indelible. Ornette carved out his own territory. Best refer to his early groups to get a sense of that.

[kevinherbert]

Personflesh: would you please direct me to the early stuff of Coleman's on YouTube that u refer to.

[personflesh]

Sure... the Atlantic (the label) recordings of the late fifties and (i believe) early sixties are full of stuff. There is actually a box set of all these recordings under the title 'Beauty is a Rare Thing'. Hope you like it, or atleast find something intrigueing! I'm always returning to this stuff.

[kevinherbert]

Personflesh: Thanx mate

[jeph63]

Many people who's opinion I respect speak highly of Mr. C, so I give him a lot of latitude. I'm actually getting more tuned in all the time.

My guitar player wrote a song in tribute to Ornette called, "The Lamentation of the Plectognath". It's at the top of my youtube page.

[PaulMurphyJazzDrum]

i love to listen as much as i love to play.

thank you,paul.

[pikochanchan]

As same as ...I put spell on you...or call me...go on and cry!

[saxcrobaticfanatic]

THEMANTHEMYTHTHELEGEND

[drcavacho]

ornette is one serpentine viscero-pychonaut

[davidclassg1]

this is CHAOS musical chaos.

[LeRoyGuy]

Does anyone know the title of this song? I have a recording of him doing at Carnegie Hall in 2006.

[bstepdawg]

they play a bunch of them in this video...sleep talking, turnaround, and some others. a lot of them are on the sound grammar album.

[LeRoyGuy]

Sorry, I meant the first one. I'm pretty sure it's not on Sound Grammar.

[bstepdawg]

oh i dunno sorry

[chipstern]

Was on a 1980 album called OF HUMAN FEELINGS, with Denardo, Calvin Weston, Jamaaldeen Tacuma and Prime Time. Forget the title (maybe SLEEP TALKING, I'll have to find it in my stash), but the main theme is copped from Stravisinky's RITE OF SPRING. The bowed solo Malanga is playing is from the BACH CELLO SUITE #1 in G MAJOR. They also do the vamping THEME FOR A SYMPHONY from SKIES OF AMERICA and DANCING IN YOUR HEAD.

[ornettology]

the first tune played is called follow the sound and yes you were right, this was not a part of sound grammar.

[pepoelcaco]

a ver horvat cuando vas a tocar asi jajaja

[pepoelcaco]

buena locooooo, a ver cuando vienen por cba

[nickybrowny]

not the best audio quality in the world, but the one of the greatest musicians, in one of the best bands he's ever had. Ornette is my personal favorite musician.