alto saxophone [alto sax] Ornette Coleman
art direction Geoff Gans
tracks 1-1 to 4-5 bass Charlie Haden
tracks 6-1 to 6-6 bass Jimmy Garrison
tracks 4-4 to 5-7, 6-7, 6-8 bass Scott LaFaro
compilation producer Yves Beauvais
tracks 1-1 to 1-8 cornet Don Cherry
design Brigid Pearson
tracks 1-1 to 2-5, 4-4, 4-5 drums Billy Higgins
tracks 2-6 to 6-6 drums Ed Blackwell
liner notes Robert Palmer
liner notes [foreword, coleman and his titles] Yves Beauvais
liner notes [notes of times, reflections] Ornette Coleman
liner notes [notes of times] Don Cherry
photography by Bob Parent
photography by Herb Snitzer
photography by Jon Sievert
photography by Michael Ochs
photography by Ray Avery
photography by [booklet cover photos] Lee Friedlander
photography by [slipcase photos] William Claxton
producer Nesuhi Ertegun
remastered by Stephen Innocenzi
research [research assistance] Michael Mazzarella
tracks 6-7, 6-8 strings The Contemporary String Quartet
tracks 6-1 to 6-6 tenor saxophone [tenor sax] Ornette Coleman
tracks 1-8 to 6-6 trumpet [pocket] Don Cherry
tracks 1-1 to 3-11, 3-13 to 6-6 written-by Ornette Coleman
Phonographic Copyright (p) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright (c) Rhino Records Inc.
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
Recorded At Radio Recorders
Recorded At A&R Studios
Recorded At Atlantic Studios
Remastered At Atlantic Studios
This six-CD set contains the entirely of Ornette Coleman's recorded output for the Atlantic label, including the contents of the following albums:

Tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 1-8: The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Tracks 1-9 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5: Change Of The Century
Tracks 2-8, 2-11, 3-6, 3-12, 4-1 to 4-3: This Is Our Music
Track 4-5: Free Jazz
Tracks 5-2, 5-4 to 5-6: Ornette!
Tracks 6-1 to 6-4, 6-6: Ornette On Tenor
Tracks 1-7, 2-4, 3-7, 3-9, 3-10, 5-7, 6-5: The Art Of The Improvisers
Tracks 1-6, 2-6, 3-4, 4-4, 5-3: Twins
Tracks 1-12, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-8, 3-11, 3-13: To Whom Who Keeps A Record

Also included are six previously unreleased compositions (2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-12, 3-2, 5-1) and two selections (6-7, 6-8) from (composer) Gunther Schuller's Jazz Abstractions featuring Ornette Coleman on alto saxophone.


1-1 to 1-8 recorded on Friday, May 22, 1959; 9:30pm - 3:30am at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
1-9 to 2-1 recorded on Thursday, October 8, 1959; 3pm - 7pm at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
2-2 to 2-5 recorded on Friday, October 9, 1959; 2pm - 6pm at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
2-6 to 3-2 recorded on Tuesday, July 19, 1960; 8pm - 12pm at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
3-3 to 3-13 recorded on Tuesday, July 26, 1960; 6pm - 9pm & 10pm - 1am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
4-1 to 4-3 recorded on Tuesday, August 2, 1960; 6pm - 9pm & 10pm - 1am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
4-4 to 4-5 recorded on Wednesday, December 21, 1960; 8pm - 12:30am at A&R Studios, New York City
5-1 to 5-7 recorded on Tuesday, January 31, 1961; 3pm to 7:30pm at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-1 recorded on Wednesday, March 22, 1961 at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-2 to 6-6 recorded on Monday, March 27, 1961; 9pm - 1:30am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-7 recorded on Monday, December 19, 1960 at A&R Studios, New York City.
6-8 recorded on Tuesday, December 20, 1960 at A&R Studios, New York City.

Digitally remastered from the original stereo master tapes at Atlantic Studios, New York City, April / May 1993.

A most heartfelt harmolodic thank you to Ornette Coleman who, with his music and his soul, has made the world a better place.

This compilation ℗ 1993 Atlantic Recording Corp.
© 1993 Rhino Records Inc.

Released in three double-CD digi sleeves housed in a half box which fits into a hardcover discbox slider.
Comes with a 68-page booklet with photographs, complete session notes, and liners.

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Barcode: 081227141028 (Reader)
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