Ornette Coleman on Nov. 14 Sunday, not Nov. 19

[Harry Edwards]

oops. Meant to say he probably was in that band. twisty



On Nov 4, 2004, at 1:48 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:

> We used to have all the early Ornette LP albums. To our
> ear his early stuff is as classic as Coltrane. The sidemen
> I remember from him playing at the Five Spot were Don
> Cherry on trumpet and Charlie Haden on bass. I dont
> remember the drummer which according to the Internet
> would have to have been Ed Blackwell or Billy Higgins,
> at least on the records but maybe, just maybe there was
> NO drummer in the live sets. Seems hard to believe but
> Coleman did everything differently. I gotta check on this.
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> I do seem to remember Coleman playing a weird white
> colored plastic saxophone. This would have been around
> 1968.
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> As for Miles in the 1958 period, I count myself blessed
> or at least very lucky to have heard him that winter at a
> black night club on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. I do
> remember our table as being the only white table there
> and I remember the perfectly fitted tan fawn colored 3
> piece suit he wore. He didnt look at the audience there
> either. That band  would have probably had John
> Coltrane on tenor but as I didnt know squat about jazz at
> the time, I will never know if I heard Coltrane live or not.
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> As for $45, it isnt $45, its $20 which in these days
> seems pretty cheap. As the house wont be full
> (who the hell knows from Ornette Coleman in Austin?)
> it will be my pleasure to infiltrate from the $20 section
> to the $35 or $45 sections or win a free pair from KUT.
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