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

[Jon Ford]

Ornette is I think a son of John Coltrane. He played at John's funeral, so 
he may well be still alive.

Jon Ford II (recently resurrected)

>From: Harry Edwards <laughingwolf@ev1.net>
>Reply-To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: Re: Ornette Coleman on Nov. 14 Sunday, not Nov. 19
>Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:14:50 -0600
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>Coltrane died in 1967.   twisty
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>On Nov 4, 2004, at 1:48 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
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>>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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