The Shape Of Jazz To Come - 2017 Dol label 6-track LP Reissue - 180 gram

2017 Dol label 6-track vinyl LP reissue of avant-garde jazz saxophonist and trumpeter Ornette Colemans 3rd album... his first on the Atlantic label and a watershed event in the genesis of avant-garde jazz - recorded with trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Billy Higgins. Coleman's quartet's, was unusual in that it did not employ a chordal instrument such as a piano or guitar.

Each composition follows almost no predetermined harmonic structure... they contains a brief thematic statement, then several minutes of free improvisation, followed by a repetition of the main theme... compositions that heavily emphasized free-flowing melody rather than harmony. This would allow Coleman and partner Don Cherry an unprecedented freedom to take the melodies of their solo lines wherever they felt like going in the moment, regardless of what the piece's tonal center had seemed to be. It requiered an open-eared rhythm section, which was Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins provided.  

Steve Huey wrote that "Of the individual pieces, the haunting "Lonely Woman" is a stone-cold classic, and "Congeniality" and "Peace" aren't far behind. Any understanding of jazz's avant-garde should begin here." in his Allmusic review. 

Dol is a budget label - the album is pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl and packed in a gatefold picture cover... which preseves  the originals artwork.

Tracklisting

Side 1:
1. Lonely Woman 4:59
2. Eventually 4:20
3. Peace 9:04

Side 2:
1. Focus on Sanity 6:50
2. Congeniality 6:41
3. Chronology 6:05

All compositions by Ornette Coleman.

Recorded May 22, 1959, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California

Credits:

Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
Don Cherry – cornet
Charlie Haden – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Technical Credits:
Nesuhi Ertegun - Production
Bones Howe - Engineer 

Artwork:
Toni Frissell - Front Cover Photography
Charles Stewart - Inner Spread Photography
Frank Gauna - Back Cover Photography
Gauna-Douglas - Design