Ornette Coleman - The Atlantic Years (2018)

Rhino's 2018 box The Atlantic Years offers new vinyl pressings of Ornette Coleman's Atlantic discography. This isn't limited to the nine albums that were recorded between 1959 and 1961 then parceled out on LP between 1959 and 1975 (which is the date when To Whom Who Keeps a Record finally hit the stores, following the comps The Art of Improvisers and Twins to market): the unreleased material gathered on Rhino's definitive 1995 box Beauty Is a Rare Thing is here as a bonus LP dubbed The Ornette Coleman Legacy. Beauty Is a Rare Thing was sequenced in session order, but the intent of The Atlantic Years is to present Coleman's discography as it was released, all newly remastered. As these records have been out of print on vinyl for a while, this gesture is welcome but, happily, the set is not only handsome – the art is snappy, the sleeves sturdy – but the sound is rich, full, and alive. It's an excellent (and affordable) way to get the core of Coleman's catalog on vinyl.

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic

Disc 01. Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come (1959):

01 - Lonely Woman
02 - Eventually
03 - Peace
04 - Focus On Sanity
05 - Congeniality
06 - Chronology


Disc 02. Ornette Coleman - Change Of The Century (1959):

01 - Ramblin'
02 - Free
03 - The Face Of The Bass
04 - Forerunner
05 - Bird Food
06 - Una Muy Bonita
07 - Change Of The Century


Disc 03. Ornette Coleman - This Is Our Music (1960):

01 - Blues Connotation
02 - Beauty Is A Rare Thing
03 - Kaleidoscope
04 - Embraceable You
05 - Poise
06 - Humpty Dumpty
07 - Folk Tale


Disc 04. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1960):

01 - Free Jazz (Part 1)
02 - Free Jazz (Part 2)


Disc 05. Ornette Coleman - Ornette! (1961):

01 - WRU
02 - T & T
03 - C & D
04 - RPDD


Disc 06. Ornette Coleman - Ornette On Tenor (1961):

01 - Cross Breeding
02 - Mapa
03 - Enfant
04 - EOS
05 - Ecars


Disc 07. Ornette Coleman - The Art Of Improvisers (1970):

01 - The Circle With A Hole In The Middle (Recorded on October 9, 1959)
02 - Just For You (Recorded on May 22, 1959)
03 - The Fifth Of Beethoven (Recorded on July 26, 1960)
04 - The Alchemy Of Scott Lafaro (Recorded on January 31, 1961)
05 - Moon Inhabitants (Recorded on July 26, 1960)
06 - The Legend Of Bebop (Recorded on July 26, 1960)
07 - Harlem's Manhattan (Recorded on March 27, 1961)


Disc 08. Ornette Coleman - Twins (1971):

01 - First Take (Recorded on December 21, 1960)
02 - Little Symphony (Recorded on July 19, 1960)
03 - Monk And The Nun (Recorded on May 22, 1959)
04 - Check Up (Recorded on January 31, 1961)
05 - Joy Of A Toy (Recorded on July 26, 1960)


Disc 09. Ornette Coleman - To Whom Who Keeps A Record (1975):

01 - Music Always (Recorded on October 8, 1959)
02 - Brings Goodness (Recorded on July 26, 1960)
03 - To Us (Recorded on July 26, 1960)
04 - All (Recorded on July 26, 1960)
05 - P.S. Unless One Has (Blues Connotation # 2) [Recorded on July 19, 1960]
06 - Some Other (Recorded on July 26, 1960)
07 - Motive For Its Use (Recorded on July 26, 1960)


Disc 10. Ornette Coleman - The Ornette Coleman Legacy (1993):

01 - Rise And Shine
02 - The Tribes Of New York
03 - I Heard It Over The Radio
04 - Revolving Doors
05 - Mr. And Mrs. People
06 - Proof Readers


All thanks go to the original releaser