19 January 2013

ORNETTE COLEMAN QUARTET - VALENZA 1974 (PRIVATE LABEL)



This tour with James Blood Ulmer is from a transitional period between the acoustic groups and the electrified bands of Tales Of Captain Black and Prime Time.

There are videos from the Rome concert on Youtube.

An LP release from the Padua concert on the tour suffered from the guitar being poorly audible.

A concert recording from Keystone Corner, San Francisco in September 1974, has also been circulating, with David Williams replacing Sirone and playing both acoustic and electric bass.

However, this is my favourite from the year. 


Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone, trumpet, violin

Sirone, double bass

Billy Higgins, drums

James Blood Ulmer, guitar


C1 Unknown Title     10:10    
C2 Tutti     14:05    
D Lonely Woman     17:40    
E1 Something To Listen To     8:40    
E2 Bells And Chimes     9:00    
F  Comme Il Faut     19:40    
G What Reason Could I Give?     15:00    
H  Love Call     10:40    

Recorded live in Valenza, Italy 1974. Compiled with a 1966 trio live recording as part of a 4LP release.

Label: BAT 2-4

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36 comments:

  1. wightdj19 January 2013 at 03:39:00 CET

    Thanks for your work presenting this session. Much appreciated.

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  2. trane19 January 2013 at 07:56:00 CET

    Some rare gem, thanks for sharing!

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  3. Anonymous19 January 2013 at 15:03:00 CET

    Wonderful music! Thanks.

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  4. Can Tutuğ19 January 2013 at 16:27:00 CET

    Oh, my..!
    Thank you, my friend!

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  5. Vinylust19 January 2013 at 16:32:00 CET

    Thank You.

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  6. Anonymous19 January 2013 at 16:56:00 CET

    Magnifique! Never seen! I love Ornette!

    Thanks a lot to you Nick !

    Jack from Paris

    (thanks zippyshare-Fuck rapidshare)

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  7. Anonymous19 January 2013 at 17:15:00 CET

    I suppose it's Valenza, near Alessandria, not Varenza

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  8. Nick19 January 2013 at 19:26:00 CET

    Thanks anonymous - I missed that completely

    Nick

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  9. kingpossum19 January 2013 at 19:27:00 CET

    Blood Ulmer! Blood Ulmer! Blood Ulmer!

    Many thanks and best wishes,

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  10. RDG19 January 2013 at 20:19:00 CET

    Fred Williams (not David) is the bass player on the Keystone tape.

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  11. Nick19 January 2013 at 21:29:00 CET

    I was going on Bells Free Jazz and David's Bio that he was playing with Ornette at that time.

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  12. Nick19 January 2013 at 21:58:00 CET

    Plus John Litweiler has David down for the summer tour of 1974 (The Harmolodic Life, p 140), which would be Laren Jazz Festival and Jazzfestival Middelheim in mid-August, with Keystone Korner on 4 September.

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  13. apf19 January 2013 at 23:58:00 CET

    Thank you!

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  14. JD20 January 2013 at 17:42:00 CET

    Thank You.

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  15. SOTISE20 January 2013 at 23:31:00 CET

    beautiful thank you!

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  16. Anonymous21 January 2013 at 14:39:00 CET

    Thanks for your work.Anybody have 1.lp from this
    4lp box
    A1.Lonely Woman
    A2.Falling Stars
    B1.Clergyman's Dream
    Saluti da GUGLIELMO

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  17. birin21 January 2013 at 17:41:00 CET

    Bellissimo! Che gioia!
    Grazie mille Nick per questo incredibile documento.

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  18. giu21 January 2013 at 18:34:00 CET

    superbeautiful
    super thanks

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  19. Anonymous21 January 2013 at 19:27:00 CET

    terrific group and fantastic music! Can you upload 1966 trio live in Copenhagen on BAT 1? Thanks Nick.
    jazzer3ogun

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  20. brian21 January 2013 at 20:22:00 CET

    Yes..! thanks!

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  21. Nick21 January 2013 at 21:06:00 CET

    I'll post the 1966 Trio another time

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  22. matt w22 January 2013 at 02:41:00 CET

    Wow thank you. I've only ever seen the youtube video of this group -- looking forward to this.

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  23. Anonymous22 January 2013 at 03:31:00 CET

    This is a real treasure! Thanks!

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  24. SlimStew22 January 2013 at 04:59:00 CET

    Thanks for this!

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  25. Sami22 January 2013 at 11:16:00 CET

    Thank you! The Ornette's Roma 1974 Youtube clip is definitely one of my favorites. Really looking forward to listen this one.

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  26. laika23 January 2013 at 11:32:00 CET

    many thanks,excellent post

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  27. Quibus25 January 2013 at 12:23:00 CET

    Wow! Thanks very much for this!

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  28. Bruce Kaplan2 March 2013 at 17:07:00 CET

    Thanks so much, Nick, I remember hearing one of these transitional bands in NYC in 1974 (possibly 75). This was at the re-opened Five Spot. I don't remember the other band members, and if anyone does know I'd love to find out. I was unprepared for the impact of Ulmer, and I've wanted to revisit this period for a long time. The music makes much more sense to me now than it did then.

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  29. jdogg29 January 2015 at 15:50:00 CET

    Links are dead :( Please re-up. Thanks.

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  30. Lavendertilly24 March 2015 at 13:30:00 CET

    I too would love a re-up, as I missed it first time round. Thanks.

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  31. Nick3 April 2015 at 20:49:00 CEST

    GF1

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    1f1

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  32. tpfkaa3 April 2015 at 21:03:00 CEST

    Thanks Nick.

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  33. DW4 April 2015 at 06:12:00 CEST

    Thanks, Nick!

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  34. Lavendertilly4 April 2015 at 15:03:00 CEST

    And thank you from me too, Nick

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  35. roberth12 April 2015 at 07:23:00 CEST

    thank u nick for re upping this one.i also have been into ornette's transitional periods.
    this one looks great
    robert

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  36. ritzbird16 May 2015 at 16:14:00 CEST

    Excellent, must have missed this first time round !! Most appreciated.

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