Congeniality

Ornette Coleman · 1959 · Thème à l'unisson, ambiance enlevée

Context

An Ornette Coleman composition running 6 min 41 s, recorded in a single session on May 22, 1959. With Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins, it extends the formula of the quartet without piano.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• Lonely Woman (1959)
• Eventually (1959)
• Peace (1959)
• Focus on Sanity (1959)
• Chronology (1959)
• Tomorrow Is the Question! (1959)

Sources

• EN: The Shape of Jazz to Come

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