Variations about Silence

Vienna Art Orchestra · 1982 · Variations sur une pièce d'Ornette Coleman

Context

Longest track on the album From No Time to Rag Time, built on an Ornette Coleman composition reworked by Mathias Rüegg. AllMusic cites it, along with the Mingus piece, as a high point of the album.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modern big bands, Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.

By the same artist

• Jelly Roll, But Mingus Rolls Better (1982)
• Variations about Soma (1982)
• Reflections on Gnossienne No. 1 (1984)
• Reflections on Aubade (1984)
• Reflections on Méditation (1984)
• Satie Ist Mir Im Traum 3 X Nicht Erschienen (1984)

Sources

• EN: From No Time to Rag Time

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