Ornette Coleman

Town Hall 1962

by Ornette Coleman

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$8.99 USD or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

In Digipack with liner notes Re-mastered from origial tapes Digital download included.

Includes unlimited streaming of Town Hall 1962 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 4 days

Purchasable with gift card

$9.99 USD or more

1.	Doughnut 09:30	buy track
2.	Sadness 04:22	buy track
3.	Dedication To Poets & Writers 09:19	buy track
4.	The Ark 23:47	buy track

about

On Christmas evening 1962, Coleman produced and recorded his own concert at Town Hall in New York City, with David Izenzon (bass), Charles Moffett (drums) and a string ensemble. An important release documenting a point of change in Coleman's work. "'Dedication To Poets and Writers' for string quartet, is now widely recognized as Ornette's first harmolodic chamber music based on his ideas he would later call Harmolodics. This classical string quartet curiously fits together with the three trio pieces, due to the input of bassman David Izenzon. His classical approach and his broad understanding of rhythmical complexity are the perfect match to Ornette's free and lyrical alto lines. Izenzon's ability to improvise out of context with anything that is going around him, also makes him the perfect partner for drummer Charles Moffett. Moffett is merely providing an atmospherical background, sometimes with a hard swing indeed, sometimes experimenting with free noise." -- Remco Takken

Personnel

Ornette Coleman: alto sax
David Izenzon: bass
Charles Moffett: drums

String Quartet on Track #3
Selwart Clarke: violin
Nathan Goldstein: violin
Julien Barber: viola
Kermit Moore: cello

credits

released January 1, 1965

Credits

Recorded on December 12, 1962 at Town Hall, NYC. Engineering by Jerry Newman. Original cover photo by Charles Shabacon. Production manager: Tom Abbs. Digital remastering: Douglas McGregor. Design by Miles Bachman & Michael Sanzone.

Press Quotes

"In the stream of its apparent freedom, this trio acts with constraints, imposed not by restriction, but by genius." - Lyn Horton, All About Jazz

"This record marks a hand full of milestones for the alto saxophonist. It's his first and only release from the ESP-Disk' label; his first recording with his new trio featuring Izenzon and Moffett; his last release before a two year hiatus from recording and live performances; and it's an early example of Coleman's theory of harmolidics featuring a string ensemble."
- This Shape Of Jazz

license

about

Ornette Coleman New York, New York

contact / help

Contact Ornette Coleman

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Ornette Coleman, you may also like:

Good Days
by Chicago Underground Quartet

supported by 12 fans who also own “Town Hall 1962”

Masterful, restrained and explorative, yet also fully capable of explosive chemistry when the time comes. A fantastic set, constantly engaging from top to bottom. John Pope
go to album
Spiritual Unity AND NEW Spiritual Unity 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition
by Albert Ayler

supported by 12 fans who also own “Town Hall 1962”
go to album
Dirt... And More Dirt
by Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg

supported by 11 fans who also own “Town Hall 1962”

Can't wait to hear it ! Liminal Sound Series
go to album
Little Push
by Mocky featuring Liliana Andrade

featured on Bandcamp Radio Dec 1, 2020
go to album
Force Majeure
by Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger

On their latest album, the harp and bass duo get to the core of what jazz is about. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 30, 2020
go to album
Pardon My French
by Jahari Massamba Unit

Madlib and Karriem Riggins conjure the spirit and sound of ’70s Spiritual Jazz. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 25, 2020
go to album
Code Girl
by Mary Halvorson

supported by 11 fans who also own “Town Hall 1962”

Appreciating this more and more with each listen. It all works -- not easily classifiable, which is a good thing. Space jazz/rock with an Eastern vibe at times. Bits of Robert Fripp in there as well, to my ears gratefulshrink
go to album