Ornette Coleman live at Jazzfest Berlin 1971, 1972 & 1987

Ornette Coleman Quartet

Ornette Coleman: Alto Saxophone
Dewey Redman: Tenor Saxophone
Charlie Haden: Bass
Ed Blackwell: Drums

recorded live at Philharmonie, Berlin during Berliner Jazztage, November 5, 1971

1. Whom do you work for?
2. Broken shadows
3. Street woman

Ornette Coleman solo
Ornette Coleman: Alto Saxophone, Piano

recorded live at Philharmonie, Berlin during Berliner Jazztage, November 4, 1972

4. Love eyes

"The Original Quartet"
Ornette Coleman: Alto Saxophone
Don Cherry: Trumpet
Charlie Haden: Bass
Billy Higgins: Drums

recorded live at Delphi, Berlin during JazzFest Berlin, November 5, 1987

5. Peace warriors
6. Turn around

Rarely does one person change the way we listen to music, but such a man is Ornette Coleman. Since the late 1950s, when he burst on the New York jazz scene with his legendary engagement at the Five Spot, Coleman has been teaching the world new ways of listening to music. His revolutionary musical ideas have been controversial, but today his enormous contribution to modern music is recognized throughout the world.
Celebrating Ornette´s 80th birthday radio berlin opened the treasure chest… (Ornette on piano!!).
Be sure to buy Ornettes latest CD, the 2006 live album "Sound Grammar".