beauty_is_a_rare

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ornette coleman/BEAUTY IS A RARE THING

* Rhino/Atlantic 8122-71410-2. (6-CD).
(contains the entire Coleman output on Atlantic plus some previously unreleased tracks).

personnel

Ornette Coleman: alto, tenor sax; Don Cherry: cornet, pocket trumpet; Charlie Haden: bass; Billy Higgins: drums; Jim Hall: guitar; Alvin Brehm & Scott LaFaro: bass; Sticks Evans: drums; The Contemporary String Quartet: Charles Libove & Roland Vamos: violin; Harry Zaratzian: viola; Joseph Tekula: cello; Gunther Schuller: arranger, conductor; Eric Dolphy: alto sax, flute, bass clarinet; Robert DiDomenica: flute; Eddie Costa: vibes; Bill Evans: piano; Freddie Hubbard: trumpet; Ed Blackwell: drums; Jimmy Garrison: bass.

tracks

CD#1
1. Focus On Sanity - 6:49
1. Chronology - 6:04
1. Peace - 9:02
1. Congeniality - 6:44
1. Lonely Woman - 4:57
1. Monk And The Nun - 5:53
1. Just For You - 3:51
1. Eventually - 4:20
2. Una Muy Bonita - 5:59
2. Bird Food - 5:28
2. Change Of The Century - 4:41
2. Music Always - 5:29

CD#2
2. The Face Of The Bass - 6:55
3. Forerunner - 5:13
3. Free - 6:20
3. The Circle With A Hole In The Middle - 4:52
3. Ramblin' - 6:35
4. Little Symphony - 5:14
4. The Tribes Of New York - 4:33
4. Kaleidoscope - 6:34
4. Rise And Shine - 6:11
4. Mr. And Mrs. People - 4:40
4. Blues Connotation - 5:17
4. I Heard It Over The Radio - 6:24

CD#3
4. P. S. Unless One Has (Blues Connotation No.2) - 5:53
4. Revolving Doors - 4:26
5. Brings Goodness - 6:38
5. Joy Of A Toy - 4:55
5. To Us - 4:32
5. Humpty Dumpty - 5:21
5. The Fifth Of Beethoven - 6:37
5. Motive For Its Use - 5:39
5. Moon Inhabitants - 4:31
5. The Legend Of Bebop - 7:15
5. Some Other - 7:20
5. Embraceable You - 4:55
5. All - 4:30

CD#4
6. Folk Tale - 4:47
6. Poise - 4:37
6. Beauty Is A Rare Thing - 7:13
9. First Take - 17:03
9. Free Jazz - 37:03

CD#5
10. Proof Readers - 10:25
10. W.R.U. - 16:24
10. Check Up - 10:10
10. T. & T. - 4:35
10. C. & D. - 13:10
10. R.P.D.D. - 9:38
10. The Alchemy Of Scott Lafaro - 9:50

CD#6
11. Eos - 6:35
12. Enfant - 6:26
12. Ecars - 7:35
12. Cross Breeding - 11:17
12. Harlem's Manhattan - 8:10
12. Mapa - 9:05
7. Abstraction - 4:07
8. Variants On A Theme Of Thelonious Monk: Variant I; Variant II; Variant III; Variant IV - 15:22

track credits:

1. 22. 03. 1959:
Ornette Coleman: alto sax; Don Cherry: cornet; Charlie Haden: bass; Billy Higgins: drums.
2. 08. 10. 1959:
Ornette Coleman: alto sax; Don Cherry: pocket trumpet; Charlie Haden: bass; Billy Higgins: drums.
3. 09. 10. 1959: ditto 2)
4. 19. 07. 1960:
Ornette Coleman: alto sax; Don Cherry: cornet; Charlie Haden: bass; Ed Blackwell: drums.
5. 26. 07. 1960: ditto 4)
6. 02. 08. 1960: ditto 4)
7. 19. 12. 1960:
Ornette Coleman: alto sax; Jim Hall: guitar; Alvin Brehm & Scott LaFaro: bass; Sticks Evans: drums; The Contemporary String Quartet: Charles Libove & Roland Vamos: violin; Harry Zaratzian: viola; Joseph Tekula: cello; Gunther Schuller: arranger, conductor.
8. 20. 12. 1960:
Ornette Coleman: alto sax; Eric Dolphy: alto sax, flute, bass clarinet; Robert DiDomenica: flute; Eddie Costa: vibes; Bill Evans: piano; Jim Hall: guitar; George Duvivier & Scott LaFaro: bass; Sticks Evans: drums; The Contemporary String Quartet: Charles Libove & Roland Vamos: violin; Harry Zaratzian; viola; Joseph Tekula: cello; Gunther Schuller: arranger, conductor.
9. 21. 12. 1960:
Ornette Coleman: alto sax; Don Cherry: pocket trumpet; Scott LaFaro: bass; Billy Higgins: drums. (left channel).
Eric Dolphy: bass clarinet; Freddie Hubbard: trumpet; Charlie Haden: bass; Ed Blackwell: drums. (right channel).
10. 31. 01. 1961:
Ornette Coleman: alto sax; Don Cherry: pocket trumpet; Scott LaFaro: bass; Ed Blackwell: drums.
11. 22. 03. 1961:
Ornette Coleman: tenor sax; Don Cherry: pocket trumpet, Jimmy Garrison: bass; Ed Blackwell: drums.
12. 27. 03. 1961: ditto 11)

All compositions by Ornette Coleman except "Embraceable You" written by George & Ira Gershwin; and Variantson a theme of Thelonius Monk written by Gunther Schuller.
1. Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 22. 03. 1959
2. Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 08. 10. 1959
3. Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 09. 10. 1959
4. Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, 19. 07. 1960
5. Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, 26. 07. 1960
6. Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, 02. 08. 1960
7. A & R Studios, New York City, 19. 12. 1960
8. A & R Studios, New York City, 20. 12. 1960
9. A & R Studios, New York City, 21. 12. 1960
10. Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, 31. 01. 1961
11. Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, 22. 03. 1961
12. Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, 27. 03. 1961
All selections produced by Nesuhi Ertegun. except "Abstraction" and "Variants..." produced by John Lewis & Nesuhi Ertegun.
Compilation produced by Yves Beauvais.
Digitally remastered from teh original stereo master tapes by Stephen Innocenzi, Atlantic Studios, NYC, April/May 1993.
Reseach assistance: Michael Mazzarella.
Harmologician: Mark Chapman.
Art direction: Geoff Gans.
Design: Brigid Pearson.