ORNETTE | THE ORIGINAL QUARTET & PRIME TIME - In All Languages (1987) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This is an unusual and very stimulating double CD. On the first CD, Ornette Coleman, on alto and tenor, has a reunion with his original quartet, which is comprised of trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins. The second CD features Coleman's then-current edition of his "double quartet" Prime Time with guitarists Charlie Ellerbe and Bern Nix, electric bassists Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Al MacDowell, and drummers Denardo Coleman and Calvin Weston. Five of the ten songs the quartet plays are also heard in versions by Prime Time, and the latter electric group almost makes the acoustic unit sound conservative in comparison. While the quartet displays subtle use of space and interplay between the musicians, Prime Time comes across as overcrowded and loud, but no less stimulating. Highly recommended to fans of Ornette Coleman. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Peace Warriors 2'35
Ornette Coleman
2     Feet Music 3'32
Ornette Coleman
3     Africa Is the Mirror of All Colors 2'58
Ornette Coleman
4     Word for Bird 3'16
Ornette Coleman
5     Space Church (Continuous Services) 3'59
Ornette Coleman
6     Latin Genetics 3'39
Ornette Coleman
7     In All Languages 3'33
Ornette Coleman
8     Sound Manual 3'08
Ornette Coleman
9     Mothers of the Veil 3'45
Ornette Coleman
10     Cloning 3'14
Ornette Coleman
11     Music News 3'00
Ornette Coleman
12     Mothers of the Veil 4'28
Ornette Coleman
13     The Art of Love Is Happiness 2'29
Ornette Coleman
14     Latin Genetics 2'45
Ornette Coleman
15     Today Yesterday and Tomorrow 3'10
Ornette Coleman
16     Listen Up 2'29
Ornette Coleman
17     Feet Music 3'49
Ornette Coleman
18     Space Church (Continuous Services) 4'34
Ornette Coleman
19     Cloning 2'28
Ornette Coleman
20     In All Languages 3'06
Ornette Coleman
21     Biosphere 2'20
Ornette Coleman
22     Story Tellers 2'49
Ornette Coleman
23     Peace Warriors 2'23
Ornette Coleman
Credits :    
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ornette Coleman (tracks: 1 to 10)
Bass – Al MacDowell (tracks: 11 to 23), Jamaaladeen Tacuma (tracks: 11 to 23)
Double Bass – Charlie Haden (tracks: 1 to 10)
Drums – Billy Higgins (tracks: 1 to 10), Calvin Weston (tracks: 11 to 23), Denardo Coleman (tracks: 11 to 23)
Ensemble – Prime Time (5) (tracks: 11 to 23)
Ensemble [Quartet] – The Ornette Coleman Quartet (tracks: 1 to 10)
Guitar – Bern Nix (tracks: 11 to 23), Charlie Ellerbee (tracks: 11 to 23)
Saxophone, Trumpet – Ornette Coleman (tracks: 11 to 23)
Trumpet – Don Cherry (tracks: 1 to 10)
Vocals, Written-By [Rhyme Written By] – Avenda "Khadijah" Ali (tracks: 2)