Bright Moments Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 did john coltrane & ornette coleman ever play together? is this the next great "find"?!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 They did. When Ornette Coleman played with his group at the Five Spot in the early '60s, Coltrane was a frequent visitor. Ornette Coleman is reported to have tapes of several of these jams. Ornette Coleman also played at Coltrane's funeral. Coltrane wanted to have Coleman and Albert Ayler play at his funeral! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted December 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 They did. When Ornette Coleman played with his group at the Five Spot in the early '60s, Coltrane was a frequent visitor. Ornette Coleman is reported to have tapes of several of these jams. Ornette Coleman also played at Coltrane's funeral. Coltrane wanted to have Coleman and Albert Ayler play at his funeral! boy would i like to hear those tapes!! thanks brownie! you are a wonderful resource! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 did john coltrane & ornette coleman ever play together? is this the next great "find"?!!!! And one would wonder if they happened to play anything together at the Coltrane/Cherry recording session for Atlantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Ornette sat in with John Coltrane at the Half Note, albeit on trumpet. I recall hearing of a (recorded) Trane date with Ornette on violin, although I may be thinking of the above. Coleman does have some personal tapes with Albert Ayler on them--again, sticking to trumpet (admittedly, I'd be psyched to hear Ornette's brass up 'gainst that classic Ayler wail). More to the matter at hand, Coltrane did (sort of) study with Coleman in the early 60's; I'm sure Coleman has some tapes of those personal meetings/jams (alongside the never-will-see-the-light-of-day Joujouka sides and those "original" quartet cuts from the late-70's). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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