jcam_44 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Posted June 16, 2015 http://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2015/06/15/414007418/my-friend-ornette-coleman Didn't see this posted yet. If it was my apologies. Quote
paul secor Posted June 16, 2015 Report Posted June 16, 2015 Beautiful piece. Thanks so much for posting it. Quote
MomsMobley Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/arts/music/remembering-what-made-ornette-coleman-a-jazz-visionary.html?smid=tw-nytimesmusic&seid=auto&_r=0one funeral report, i've seen at least one other. good thing Phil Schaap just shut up and played the records (as if that's a 'service' to anyone, even before nearly all records were available at internet fingertips etc) or else he might have said something to 'offend' etc...Any Organissimonauts make it uptown today? Quote
AndrewHill Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 Not here enough n I had to hear this terrible news from a friend. This is our Music, in my opinion, is the badassit record period: everyone is pissed off on the jacket n theres a white guy there just as pissed looking: brilliant photography, but the music is just as aggressive. OC knocked me sideways with this record. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 28, 2015 Author Report Posted June 28, 2015 (edited) 2nd hand from Wadada tonight. He said a daughter was there and highlights were Threadgill/Moran, Cecil, Savion Glover/Jack DeJohnette and Ravi Coltrane. Edited June 28, 2015 by Chuck Nessa Quote
Guest Sen Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015  2nd hand from Wadada tonight. He said a daughter was there and highlights were Threadgill/Moran, Cecil, Savion Glover/Jack DeJohnette and Ravi Coltrane.Would have loved to hear some of these artists paying tribute to the man.Seems like a wonderful service and send off to him.Farewell to a musical giant already much missed.  Quote
paul secor Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 Ornette sure wore some crazy clothes and could wear them in a way that they didn't seem crazy at all. Kind of like his playing. Quote
Mark Stryker Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 A report from the funeral from David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ornette-coleman-and-a-joyful-funeralCoda: this is the second funeral in month at which Geri Allen has played, the first being in Detroit at the service for her mentor Marcus Belgrave -- whom she also honored with eloquent spoken remarks during the funeral. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 I went. I was extremely moved. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 Not here enough n I had to hear this terrible news from a friend. This is our Music, in my opinion, is the badassit record period: everyone is pissed off on the jacket n theres a white guy there just as pissed looking: brilliant photography, but the music is just as aggressive. OC knocked me sideways with this record.Not what I hear or see in this recording at all, to me Ornette isn't at all aggressive - just going his own sweet way. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 I do hear the aggression referenced above, as well as joy and sadness. It's all there. Quote
Guest Posted June 29, 2015 Report Posted June 29, 2015 Not here enough n I had to hear this terrible news from a friend. This is our Music, in my opinion, is the badassit record period: everyone is pissed off on the jacket n theres a white guy there just as pissed looking: brilliant photography, but the music is just as aggressive. OC knocked me sideways with this record.Not what I hear or see in this recording at all, to me Ornette isn't at all aggressive - just going his own sweet TTIts aggressive in its swing some fast tempos, Charlie Haden's most forceful bass playing like Kaleidoscope and Folk Tale, Blackwell is hard driving as well.I think the bass and drums really propel Ornette on that album Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted June 29, 2015 Report Posted June 29, 2015 Sonny Rollins attending Ornette's services today. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 30, 2015 Report Posted June 30, 2015 Saturday. I recognized the guy in sunglasses to the right but can't place him. Quote
LarryCurleyMoe Posted June 30, 2015 Report Posted June 30, 2015 Saturday. I recognized the guy in sunglasses to the right but can't place him.Sadao Watanabe? Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 30, 2015 Report Posted June 30, 2015 Watanabe is nearly Ornette's age, so nope... Quote
ombudsman Posted July 2, 2015 Report Posted July 2, 2015  Careful what you wish for - your imagination is probably better. Especially when Yoko Ono is involved...There will never be enough Yoko Ono recordings for me, especially from the 60s.Some representation of her work with Richard Maxfield would be a nice next installment. More with Ornette would be great too but I don't know what else there may be. Quote
gmonahan Posted July 2, 2015 Report Posted July 2, 2015 Sonny Rollins attending Ornette's services today. Sonny looks frail. Is that a cane? gregmo Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 2, 2015 Report Posted July 2, 2015 Yes, he was walking with a cane and seemed to be mobility-impaired to some degree.ombudsman: you should come out to NY and see the Yoko exh at the MoMA. It's very well done. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted July 2, 2015 Report Posted July 2, 2015 Yes, he was walking with a cane and seemed to be mobility-impaired to some degree.ombudsman: you should come out to NY and see the Yoko exh at the MoMA. It's very well done.Yes it is a cane. Soony will turn 85 is September. Quote
mjazzg Posted July 2, 2015 Report Posted July 2, 2015 Yes, he was walking with a cane and seemed to be mobility-impaired to some degree.ombudsman: you should come out to NY and see the Yoko exh at the MoMA. It's very well done.I'd love to see the Ono at MoMa. We had a small retrospective at The Serpentine a couple of summers ago and it really opened my eyes to Ono's work Quote
ombudsman Posted July 2, 2015 Report Posted July 2, 2015  2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:Yes, he was walking with a cane and seemed to be mobility-impaired to some degree.ombudsman: you should come out to NY and see the Yoko exh at the MoMA. It's very well done.I'd certainly like to see that, but unfortunately it's not too easy for me to get to NYC these days. I do miss it. I think my leisure traveling this year is going to be to Chicago and Detroit for parts of each of their jazz fests. Quote
paul secor Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 Appreciation of Ornette in The London Review of Books:http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n14/adam-shatz/diary Quote
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