Ornette Coleman Man On The Moon 7" session

[romualdo]

The two tracks from this session had only been previously released on 7" singles AFAIK (Impulse in US & Stateside/Pathe in France with picture sleeve) up until recently with the release of the Hat Hut ezz-thetics CD "Ornette At 12, Crisis To Man On The Moon Revisited"

https://www.discogs.com/release/26516852-Ornette-Coleman-Ornette-At-12-Crisis-To-Man-On-The-Moon-Revisited

https://www.discogs.com/release/4898073-Ornette-Coleman-Man-On-The-Moon-Growing-Up

https://www.discogs.com/release/14778491-Ornette-Coleman-Man-On-The-Moon-Growing-Up

There is debate as to whether Don Cherry was present at this session with Ornette overdubbing the trumpet parts (Lord Discography below opts for the latter). See the link below to Valerie Ghent's (Emmanuel's daughter) blog & reminiscences plus comments on her father's unreleased tapes/recordings with Ornette.

https://valghent.com/emmanuel-ghent-ornette-coleman-man-on-the-moon/#:~:text=The avant-jazz single Man,%3B Charlie Haden – bass%3B Ed

This appears to be a standalone session (for the 7") with Ed Blackwell back on drums, replacing Denardo.

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Ornette Coleman (as-1,tp-2,vln-3) Dewey Redman (ts) Charlie Haden (b) Ed Blackwell (d) Emanuel Ghent (electronics-4)

New York, June 7, 1969

91045	Man on the moon (1,4)	Impulse 45-275, Pathe (F)2C.006-90643
91046	Growing up (1,2)	-             -

Note:

(tp) on "Growing up" was overdubbed.

Edited November 19 by romualdo

[Rooster_Ties]

I think(?) I’ve probably dialed up this single on YouTube a time or three, but if — like me — you haven’t heard it in half-a-decade or more, here ‘tis…

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