The Shape of Jazz to Come (stereo)

~ Release by Ornette Coleman (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

Annotation

Label: Atlantic - Catalog #: SD 1317-2 - UPC: 075678133923 - Format: CD - Discogs: 794440 and 385271 - ASIN: B000002I4W - Rel: 1993/06 US - Note: Straight cd reissue
Label: Rhino/Atlantic - EAN: 0 8122-72398-2 4 - ID: qAP3jE5wr0pPd0iMj4Tof.SiHG8- - ASIN: B000026GV5 - Rel: 1998 FR - Note: Red stripe on left border, part of the Atlantic Original Sound collection
Label: Atlantic? - Catalog #: AMCY-1171 - ASIN: B0000089IS - Rel: 1998 JP - Note: 20kbit Japanese limited edition
Label: Atlantic - EAN: 81227313326 - ASIN: B0009QQ6GC - Rel: 2005/07 UK - Note: Black stripe on left border, part of the Atlantic Masters collection
Recording Date: 1959/05/22
Recording Location: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, USA
Mastering Location: Mtx Mastering Studio, St-Légier, SW
Additional:
1998 Rhino reissue is supposed to "sound" exactly the same as the original 12"LP.
Two additional tracks were recorded during this session (Monk and the Nun & Just for You), which have been issued respectively in Twins (Atlantic SD 1588, SD 8810) and The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic SD 1572), and also in a rare 8 tracks reissue of this (as Atlantic AMCY1008), apparently avalaible only from Japan.
Like all Atlantic material by Coleman, everything has been included in the excellent Beauty is a Rare Thing boxset.

Rumors of other editions circulate ("Rhino 19238" or "WEA/Warner 25109", 2006).
I suspect these not to be different editions, but different distributions circuits.
All in all, this boils down to:
- an original us LP release (1959)
- a us straight cd reissue (1993)
- a fr collector cd reissue with "original sound" (1998, snobs!)
- a japanese 20k remaster limited edition (1998)
- a "definitive" edition, remastered, after the publication of the anthology boxset (2005)
And of course the slightly offtopic japanese edition with 2 bonus tracks.

TODO:
Apply to all version:
* Martin Williams (original liner notes)
* Dayton Bones Howe (Recording engineer)
* Nesushi Ertegun (Supervision)
* William Claxton (cover photo)
* Marvin Israel (cover design)
* Urs Tschuppert (booklet design)

Apply at least to the Rhino 98 FR reissue:
* Ahmet M. Ertegun (liner notes)
* Claude Nobs (Liner notes)
* Yves Bigot (Liner notes)
* Re-release coordination: Claude Nobs, Thierry Amsallem, Andree Buchker
Possibly apply to all editions:
* Jean Ristori (mastering)

Annotation last modified on 2008-01-21 04:59 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Lonely Woman
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Lonely Woman (instrumental) (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
publisher:
MJQ Music
5:02
2Eventually
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Eventually (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
4:23
3Peace
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Peace (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
9:05
4Focus on Sanity
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Focus on Sanity (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
publisher:
MJQ Music, Inc.
6:52
5Congeniality
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Congeniality (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
6:48
6Chronology
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Chronology (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
6:03