Ornette Coleman Profile by Dean Olsher of All Things Considered

In 1997 Ornette was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. National Public Radio devoted a 10-minute piece on the, to them, somewhat incongruous achievement. The handwriting on the cassette label is my father’s. Solid, Jackson.

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All Things Considered

Ornette Coleman profile by Dean Olsher

1997

Tracks include:

1. Free Jazz (excerpt), from The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, Free Jazz (1961, Atlantic)

2. Focus On Sanity (excerpt), from Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come (1959, Atlantic)

3. Kathelin Gray (excerpt), from unreleased live Ornette Coleman recording

4. Das Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 (excerpt), from Johann Sebastian Bach, Linde-Consort (1981, Angel)

5. Miguel's Fortune (excerpt), from Ornette Coleman & Prime Time, Tone Dialing (1995, Harmolodic/Verve)

6. Just For You (excerpt), from Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come (1959, Atlantic)

7. What A Friend We Have In Jesus (Variation) (excerpt), from Ornette Coleman, Sound Museum (1996, Harmolodic/Verve)

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