Harmolodic funk, Prime Time

Movement · late 1970s → · New York · Avant-garde and collectives

Ornette Coleman's work with Prime Time, electric and funk, and that of James Blood Ulmer. Harmolodics brings free jazz closer to dance.

What is still debated

"Free funk" is also used for Prime Time.

Where it comes from

• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk
• Free jazz

Artists

• Ornette Coleman (1930–2015, alto saxophone)
• James Blood Ulmer (1942, guitar, vocals)
• Ronald Shannon Jackson (1940–2013, drums, composition)
• Jamaaladeen Tacuma (1956, electric bass)

Tracks to start with

• Dancing in Your Head — Ornette Coleman & Prime Time (1977)
• Sleep Talk — Ornette Coleman & Prime Time (1979)
• Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk Is the Preacher) — James Blood Ulmer (1980)
• Apache Love Cry — Ronald Shannon Jackson & the Decoding Society (1980)
• Show Stopper — Jamaaladeen Tacuma (1983)

Sources

• EN : Prime Time (band)

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