Ornette Coleman's 1965 trio with bassist David Izenzon and drummer Charles Moffett is easily the most underrated of all his bands.
Coming off the light of the famed quartet in which Don Cherry, Eddie Blackwell, and Charlie Haden shone, anything might have looked a bit dimmer, it's true.
But this band certainly had no apologies to make.
Coleman was deep into creating a new approach to melody, since Haden and Cherry had honed his harmonic sensibilities.
Izenzon proved to be the right bassist for Coleman to realize his ambitions.
A stunning arco as well as pizzicato player (check his solo in "Dawn") Izenzon offered Coleman the perfect foil.
No matter where Coleman's soloing moved the band, Izenzon was there at exactly the same time with an uncanny sense of counterpoint, and he often changed the harmonic mode by force.
The first of these two volumes from December 3 shows Coleman in a playful, mischievous frame of mind, toying with the trio ads well as the audience on "Faces and Places" by inserting standard bop phrases and song quotes into the heart of his free soloing.
On "Dee Dee," Coleman moves along to rhythmic counterpoint by Moffett, pushing Izenzon into the unlikely role of beat-keeper -- not simple for such an amazing improviser.
But it's on the closer, "Dawn," that the band gels as one inseparable, ethereal unit, cascading through scalar invention and chromatic interplay as if it were second nature.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AnnouncementOrnette Coleman | Ornette Coleman, Ornette Coleman Trio | Play | 01:11 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| 2 | Faces and PlacesOrnette Coleman | Ornette Coleman, Ornette Coleman Trio | Play | 11:37 | 26 MB | 71 MB |
| 3 | European EchoesOrnette Coleman | Ornette Coleman, Ornette Coleman Trio | Play | 07:57 | 18 MB | 42 MB |
| 4 | Dee DeeOrnette Coleman | Ornette Coleman, Ornette Coleman Trio | Play | 10:41 | 24 MB | 62 MB |
| 5 | DawnOrnette Coleman | Ornette Coleman, Ornette Coleman Trio | Play | 08:14 | 18 MB | 38 MB |
| 39 mins | 90 MB | |||||
| 39 mins | 220 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rune Andreasson | Engineer |
| 2 | Ornette Coleman | Composer, Performer, Primary Artist, Sax (Alto), Trumpet, Violin |
| 3 | Ornette Coleman Trio | Performer, Primary Artist |
| 4 | David Izenzon | Bass |
| 5 | Reid Miles | Cover Design |
| 6 | Charles Moffett | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 7 | Ludvig Rasmusson | Liner Notes |
| 8 | Rudy Van Gelder | Engineer |
| 9 | Francis Wolff | Photography, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |