Ornette Coleman Quintet Live October 1958 at the Hillcrest Club, Los Angeles California

1 Klactoveedsestene 12:07 2 I Remember Harlem - 3:52 (12:07) 3 The Blessing 9:38 (15:59) 4 Free 5:39 (25:37) 5 Ramblin’ 14:06 (31:16) 6 How Deep Is The Ocean? 4:35 (45:46) 7 When Will The Blues Leave? 14:29 (50:21) 8 Crossroads 1:54 (1:04:28) Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman Bass – Charlie Haden Drums – Billy Higgins Piano – Paul Bley Trumpet – Don Cherry Recorded Live October 1958 at the Hillcrest Club, Los Angeles California Notes: The true origins of free jazz... Just as the famous 1940-41 Jerry Newman recordings at Minton’s and Clark Monroe’s Uptown House captured the transition from swing to bebop, the music on this CD (compiled here on one set for the first time ever) marks one of the first steps from bebop into what would soon be called “free jazz“. The whole quintet consisted of modern players working with the same concept: a freer way of playing jazz, which transcended the strict confines of melody, har