Ornette Coleman – Beauty Is A Rare Thing (The Complete Atlantic Recordings)

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Label:	Rhino Records (2) – R2 71410
Series:	Atlantic Jazz Gallery
Format:	6 x CD, Compilation, Remastered Box Set
Country:	US
Released:	1993
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Hard Bop, Free Jazz

Tracklist

1-1	Focus On Sanity	6:49
1-2	Chronology	6:04
1-3	Peace	9:02
1-4	Congeniality	6:44
1-5	Lonely Woman	4:57
1-6	Monk And The Nun	5:53
1-7	Just For You	3:51
1-8	Eventually	4:20
1-9	Una Muy Bonita	5:59
1-10	Bird Food	5:28
1-11	Change Of The Century	4:41
1-12	Music Always	5:29
2-1	The Face Of The Bass	6:55
2-2	Forerunner	5:13
2-3	Free	6:20
2-4	The Circle With A Hole In The Middle	4:52
2-5	Ramblin'	6:35
2-6	Little Symphony	5:14
2-7	The Tribes Of New York	4:33
2-8	Kaleidoscope	6:34
2-9	Rise And Shine	6:11
2-10	Mr. And Mrs. People	4:40
2-11	Blues Connotation	5:17
2-12	I Heard It Over The Radio	6:24
3-1	P.S. Unless One Has (Blues Connotation No. 2)	5:53
3-2	Revolving Doors	4:26
3-3	Brings Goodness	6:38
3-4	Joy Of A Toy	4:55
3-5	To Us	4:32
3-6	Humpty Dumpty	5:21
3-7	The Fifth Of Beethoven	6:37
3-8	Motive For Its Use	5:39
3-9	Moon Inhabitants	4:31
3-10	The Legend Of Bebop	7:15
3-11	Some Other	7:20
3-12	Embraceable You Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin	4:55
3-13	All	4:30
4-1	Folk Tale	4:47
4-2	Poise	4:37
4-3	Beauty Is A Rare Thing	7:13
4-4	First Take Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard	17:03
4-5	Free Jazz Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard	37:03
5-1	Proof Readers	10:25
5-2	W.R.U.	16:24
5-3	Check Up	10:10
5-4	T. & T.	4:35
5-5	C. & D.	13:10
5-6	R.P.D.D.	9:38
5-7	The Alchemy Of Scott LaFaro	9:50
6-1	E O S	6:35
6-2	Enfant	6:26
6-3	Ecars	7:35
6-4	Cross Breeding	11:17
6-5	Harlem's Manhattan	8:10
6-6	Mapa	9:05
6-7	Abstraction Arranged By, Conductor, Written-By – Gunther Schuller Bass – Alvin Brehm Cello – Joseph Tekula* Drums – Stick Evans Guitar – Jim Hall Producer – John Lewis (2) Viola – Harry Zaratzian Violin – Charles Libove, Roland Vamos	4:07
6-8	Variants On A Theme Of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross): Variant I / Variant II / Variant III / Variant IV Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Flute, Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy Arranged By, Conductor, Written-By – Gunther Schuller Bass – George Duvivier Cello – Joseph Tekula* Drums – Stick Evans Flute – Robert DiDomenica Guitar – Jim Hall Piano – Bill Evans Producer – John Lewis (2) Vibraphone – Eddie Costa Viola – Harry Zaratzian Violin – Charles Libove, Roland Vamos	15:22

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright © – Rhino Records Inc.
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Recorded At – Radio Recorders
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
Remastered At – Atlantic Studios

Credits

Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Ornette Coleman
Art Direction – Geoff Gans
Bass – Charlie Haden (tracks: 1-1 to 4-5), Jimmy Garrison (tracks: 6-1 to 6-6), Scott LaFaro (tracks: 4-4 to 5-7, 6-7, 6-8)
Compilation Producer – Yves Beauvais
Cornet – Don Cherry (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
Design – Brigid Pearson
Drums – Billy Higgins (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5, 4-4, 4-5), Ed Blackwell (tracks: 2-6 to 6-6)
Liner Notes – Robert Palmer (3)
Liner Notes [Foreword, Coleman And His Titles] – Yves Beauvais
Liner Notes [Notes Of Times, Reflections] – Ornette Coleman
Liner Notes [Notes Of Times] – Don Cherry
Other [Harmologician] – Mark Chapman
Photography By – Robert Parent*, Herb Snitzer, Jon Seivert*, Michael Ochs, Ray Avery
Photography By [Booklet Cover Photos] – Lee Freidlander*
Photography By [Slipcase Photos] – William Claxton
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Remastered By – Stephen Innocenzi
Research [Research Assistance] – Michael Mazzarella
Strings – The Contemporary String Quartet (tracks: 6-7, 6-8)
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Ornette Coleman (tracks: 6-1 to 6-6)
Trumpet [Pocket] – Don Cherry (tracks: 1-8 to 6-6)
Written-By – Ornette Coleman (tracks: 1-1 to 3-11, 3-13 to 6-6)

Notes

This six-CD set contains the entirely of Ornette Coleman's recorded output for the Atlantic label, including the contents of the following albums:

The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Change Of The Century
This Is Our Music
Free Jazz
Ornette!
Ornette On Tenor
The Art Of The Improvisers
Twins
To Whom Who Keeps A Record

Also included are six previously unreleased compositions (2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-12, 3-2, 5-1) and two selections from (composer) Gunther Schuller's Jazz Abstractions featuring Ornette Coleman on alto saxophone.

1-1 to 1-8 recorded on Friday, May 22, 1959; 9:30pm - 3:30am at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
1-9 to 2-1 recorded on Thursday, October 8, 1959; 3pm - 7pm at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
2-2 to 2-5 recorded on Friday, October 9, 1959; 2pm - 6pm at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
2-6 to 3-2 recorded on Tuesday, July 19, 1960; 8pm - 12pm at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
3-3 to 3-13 recorded on Tuesday, July 26, 1960; 6pm - 9pm & 10pm - 1am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
4-1 to 4-3 recorded on Tuesday, August 2, 1960; 6pm - 9pm & 10pm - 1am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
4-4 to 4-5 recorded on Wednesday, December 21, 1960; 8pm - 12:30am at A&R Studios, New York City
5-1 to 5-7 recorded on Tuesday, January 31, 1961; 3pm to 7:30pm at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-1 recorded on Wednesday, March 22, 1961 at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-2 to 6-6 recorded on Monday, March 27, 1961; 9pm - 1:30am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-7 recorded on Monday, December 19, 1960 at A&R Studios, New York City.
6-8 recorded on Tuesday, December 20, 1960 at A&R Studios, New York City.

Digitally remastered from the original stereo master tapes at Atlantic Studios, New York City, April / May 1993.

A most heartfelt harmolodic thank you to Ornette Coleman who, with his music and his soul, has made the world a better place.

This compilation ℗ 1993 Atlantic Recording Corp.
© 1993 Rhino Records Inc.

Released in three double-CD digi sleeves housed in a half box which fits into a hardcover discbox slider.
Comes with a 68-page booklet with photographs, complete session notes, and liners.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 8122-71410-2 8
Barcode (Reader): 081227141028
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Mastering SID Code (faint on discs 1, 2 and 4): 2U2N

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