31 January 2010

Ornette Coleman's Original Quartet - Live in Reggio Emilia '90

In 1990 the city of Reggio Emilia in Italy held a three-days "Portrait
of the Artist" featuring the Coleman's "Original Quartet" with Don
Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins. The festival also presented
performances of his "Prime Time" and the symphonic "Skies Of
America".
Titles as listed by radio announcer.

Rec. live at "Teatro Municipale Valli", Reggio Emilia, Italy,
on April 24, 1990 (mono radio broadcast)

Ornette Coleman,alto saxophone
Don Cherry,trumpet
Charlie Haden,bass
Billy Higgins,drums

01. Telescope (04:54)
02. Him And Her (08:30)
03. Buckminster Fuller (07:38)
04. Magic (08:36)
05. Dancing Flower (06:35)
06. If You Could See My Eyes (09:36)
07. Spelling The Alphabet (07:53)
08. Word For Bird (08:22)
09. Latin Genetics (12:26)
10. Singing In The Shower (10:06)
11. Lonely Woman (12:27)
12. The Sphinx (05:32)

Total Time 1:42:44
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19 comments:

  1. riccardo31 January 2010 at 15:00:00 CET

    mp3 (221 MB) :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/343797891/OCOQ_ReggioEmilia_90_mp3.part1.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/343806424/OCOQ_ReggioEmilia_90_mp3.part2.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/343808131/OCOQ_ReggioEmilia_90_mp3.part3.rar

    flac (380 MB) :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/343813525/OCOQ_ReggioEmilia_90_flac.part1.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/343818713/OCOQ_ReggioEmilia_90_flac.part2.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/343824089/OCOQ_ReggioEmilia_90_flac.part3.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/343829012/OCOQ_ReggioEmilia_90_flac.part4.rar

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  2. Miklos Gosztonyi31 January 2010 at 18:45:00 CET

    Thanks a lot for posting this recording, which was unknown to me. Can't wait to listen to the original Ornette quartet thirty years later.

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  3. Anonymous1 February 2010 at 01:03:00 CET

    New to me. Thank you.

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  4. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth1 February 2010 at 11:48:00 CET

    Thank you for your wonderful blog.
    I discovered it through a friend who sent me some of the music you shared.There are really some incredible recordings. For example Black Unity Trio.
    I would like to have it in a better quality as you offered.
    Also I could send you a list of my collection.Maybe you are interested in trading a bit.

    Thank you very much,
    Grgo

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  5. matt w1 February 2010 at 21:12:00 CET

    So. Awesome.

    Thank you.

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  6. maready2 February 2010 at 08:47:00 CET

    As always --- WOW! and –

    thanks ...

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  7. kinabalu2 February 2010 at 11:36:00 CET

    grgo,

    we'd certainly be interested in what you may have. Our "trade" is that we post what we have, so if you're willing to contribute in one way or the other, please let us know.

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  8. hulaboy9 February 2010 at 11:43:00 CET

    Countless thanks! - and here's hoping that we'll hear the Skies of America from the same event.

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  9. Igor10 February 2010 at 15:58:00 CET

    Thanks for all beautiful music that you sharing with us, riccardo.
    Maybe a miracle happens one day and someone find recorded early Coleman's Original Quartet with Bobby Bradford instead of Don Cherry.

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  10. Chris Jentsch11 January 2011 at 23:27:00 CET

    Beautiful blog, man. Priceless music history...

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  11. edlorado12 February 2014 at 14:50:00 CET

    thank you!

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  12. Sam5 December 2014 at 18:20:00 CET

    any chance of a re-upload?

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  13. Anonymous5 July 2015 at 22:38:00 CEST

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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  14. rev.b7 July 2015 at 17:19:00 CEST

    I imagine this will be pretty amazing. By any chance do you have the part that featured Skies of Americia? I'd love a chance to hear that. Either way, thank you for posting this historic reunion!

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  15. Andy7 July 2015 at 19:54:00 CEST

    @rev.b. YouTube... http://youtu.be/sU45kSKvzIc

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  16. Scraps8 July 2015 at 03:01:00 CEST

    And me, I want Prime Time! There's no end to the audience's wants....

    Cheers.

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  17. rev.b8 July 2015 at 17:01:00 CEST

    @Andy, Swwwweeet!!! As much as I love the record, I've always wanted to hear the original, complete version. Looks like that's what we have here, tho' w/ Prime Time. I never thought Ornette got enough recognition for this aspect of his work. Thank you soooo much for the heads up!

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  18. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth12 July 2015 at 00:57:00 CEST

    New link from Anonymous (see also comment from July 5, 2015) in flac:

    https://mega.co.nz/#!OMhmDaJb!gqTDKvz_6ML6sD8-SfR71oqvY_sPrjgpm5MbOwU2SRE

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  19. john28 July 2015 at 19:10:00 CEST

    thank you, missed this the first time. For me this group was never bettered as a vehicle for Ornette's playing and compositions.

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