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The Big O Meets Big Blue

By Patrick Burnette | Jazz Bastard
March 31, 2022
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Ornette Coleman

saxophone, alto
1930 - 2015

" data-original-title="" title="">Ornette Coleman and Blue Note—not exactly the chocolate and peanut butter of the jazz world, one might think, but for two productive years the avant-garde avatar toiled in the vineyards of the hard bop powerhouse. The label recently released Round Trip—a box set re-issuing the fruits of this odd collaboration—and the boys take a deep dive. Except for the collaboration with

Jackie McLean

saxophone, alto
1932 - 2006

" data-original-title="" title="">Jackie McLean, because that gives Mike PTSD.

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Discussion of Ornette Coleman's early career 2:45
Discussion of Ornette Coleman's albums At the Golden Circle Volumes 1 & 2 (Blue Note) 9:40
Discussion of Ornette Coleman's album The Empty Foxhole (Blue Note) 27:35
Discussion of Ornette Coleman's albums New York is Now and Love Call (Blue Note) 44:32
Pop Matters 1:02:56

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