Might as well be a Beatles reunion! Four of the greatest of all time. I saw Ornette, Charlie and Billy around 2000 and I'm pretty sure it was the best show I ever saw. They played one song for 45 minutes and the parks department shut them down because it was late. But what a magnificent 45 minutes!
This is the personell of my favorite quartet from 1960 (The Shape of Jazz to come). I befriended all the sidemen in later years, while the electric Ornette chased me out of his concert. I met them for the first time in 1962 with the Rollins 4 (Henry Grimes b) and from then on quite a few times .
This is simply marvelous. These 4 guys changed Music forever in 1959, and are reunited in 1987. Some strange things happen here, however:1- The extroverted Don Cherry, an important soloist in the Group, almost does not plays solo here, even in tunes he knew by heart, such as "Lonely Woman"; he possibly was dealing with health problems at the time of this concert. 2- Charlie Haden stays aside of the rest of the guys all the time and he wears ear protection. It is known that he suffered from severe hyperacusia and could not tolerate loud sound. Even in these conditions he almost completely steals the Show. 3- Ornette is in great shape, as always. 4- Although Higgins was the original Percussionist in this Group, he was a much more conservative player than Ed Blackwell, who succeeded him.
I believe Mr. Ed Blackwell was the original drummer in the quartet. He was certainly one of Ornette’s earliest and closest musical collaborators. They shared an apartment in LA early in their time there. Blackwell didn’t come to NYC in 1959 due to legal issues, if I recall correctly. He had also gone back to New Orleans at times.
Scusami ma è come dire, "Schubert non è il mio tipo preferito di musica eurocolta" e l'algoritmo mette il commento in cima. Concordo in pieno con la seconda parte del commento.
MUSICAL & ART TASTE its form by CURIOSITY,SENSIBILITY and OPEN MINDED . I saw these INCREDIBLE GROUP in that same year al the GRAND REX PARIS FRANCE. One the Best moments of My Life.
Hmm...I don't think this is from Barcelona. The performance of the first tune corresponds with what I've previously seen/heard, credited to Berlin 1987 (sound, 1st solo, clothing). AND YET, this upload is most welcome because although I've grabbed the full Berlin audio from somewhere, I only have previously seen 4 tune files with video (less than a half hour total), and this appears to be a whole set (over an hour). So this is quite the upgrade!
Might as well be a Beatles reunion! Four of the greatest of all time. I saw Ornette, Charlie and Billy around 2000 and I'm pretty sure it was the best show I ever saw. They played one song for 45 minutes and the parks department shut them down because it was late. But what a magnificent 45 minutes!
as far as i know this is one of the few video recordings of the classic Ornette quartet in existence
This is the personell of my favorite quartet from 1960 (The Shape of Jazz to come). I befriended all the sidemen in later years, while the electric Ornette chased me out of his concert. I met them for the first time in 1962 with the Rollins 4 (Henry Grimes b) and from then on quite a few times .
This is simply marvelous. These 4 guys changed Music forever in 1959, and are reunited in 1987. Some strange things happen here, however:1- The extroverted Don Cherry, an important soloist in the Group, almost does not plays solo here, even in tunes he knew by heart, such as "Lonely Woman"; he possibly was dealing with health problems at the time of this concert. 2- Charlie Haden stays aside of the rest of the guys all the time and he wears ear protection. It is known that he suffered from severe hyperacusia and could not tolerate loud sound. Even in these conditions he almost completely steals the Show. 3- Ornette is in great shape, as always. 4- Although Higgins was the original Percussionist in this Group, he was a much more conservative player than Ed Blackwell, who succeeded him.
I believe Mr. Ed Blackwell was the original drummer in the quartet. He was certainly one of Ornette’s earliest and closest musical collaborators. They shared an apartment in LA early in their time there. Blackwell didn’t come to NYC in 1959 due to legal issues, if I recall correctly. He had also gone back to New Orleans at times.
This is not my favorite kind of jazz, but you can hear the pain of an entire generation in their playing. They are saying something important here.
Scusami ma è come dire, "Schubert non è il mio tipo preferito di musica eurocolta" e l'algoritmo mette il commento in cima. Concordo in pieno con la seconda parte del commento.
There’s joy in there too.
❤👏👏
GRACIASSSSS!!!
Drum - Billy Higgins; Bass - Charlie Haden; Trumpet - Don Cherry; Saxophon, Violin, Trumpet - Ornette Coleman
MUSICAL & ART TASTE its form by CURIOSITY,SENSIBILITY and OPEN MINDED . I saw these INCREDIBLE GROUP in that same year al the GRAND REX PARIS FRANCE. One the Best moments of My Life.
Hmm...I don't think this is from Barcelona. The performance of the first tune corresponds with what I've previously seen/heard, credited to Berlin 1987 (sound, 1st solo, clothing). AND YET, this upload is most welcome because although I've grabbed the full Berlin audio from somewhere, I only have previously seen 4 tune files with video (less than a half hour total), and this appears to be a whole set (over an hour). So this is quite the upgrade!
this is Barcelona for sure and even the credits are in catalan. it was broadcasted by the catalan television.
@@drlluc Sounds reasonable...maybe the other multiple files I have of this gig were wrong...
It is the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona. This architectural work of Catalan Modernism is unmistakable.
The greatest band of all time
such a thing doesn't exist - one of the greatest for sure, one of my favourite (and Ornette is my favourite musician)
The sound is all broken. In earphones .whats a shame. Couldve been a seminal vidio
0:40
first track name?
Peace Warriors
Thats what those instruments were made for
Hard listening, understand why this type of jazz had a very limited audience.
Kenny G for president?
I say Easy listening ..