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Contemporary publish Ornette Coleman’s debut album : ‘Something Else!!!!’ (1958)

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• Post published:February 10, 2025
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Ornette Coleman‘s ‘Something Else!!!!’ is his debut album recorded on February 10 – March 24, 1958 with Don Cherry among others and released the same year by Contemporary.

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Archie Shepp begins the recording of ‘Attica Blues,’ an album for Impulse! (1972)

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• Post published:January 24, 2025
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Archie Shepp‘s ‘Attica Blues’ is an album (in direct reference to the Attica Prison riots) recorded on January 24–26, 1972 at A&R Recording, NYC and released the same year by Impulse!

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We Remember Alice Coltrane

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• Post published:January 12, 2025
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Dinah Washington records ‘Dinah!’ an album for Emarcy (1956)

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• Post published:January 11, 2025
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Dinah Washington‘s ‘Dinah!’ is an album recorded on January 11 & November 11, 1956 and released in 1956 by Emarcy.

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Charlie Haden records ‘Quartet West,’ an album for Verve (1986)

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• Post published:December 22, 2024
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Charlie Haden‘s ‘Quartet West’ is an album recorded on December 22 and 23, 1986 and released in 1987 by Verve.

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Ornette Coleman records his sixth album : ‘Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation’ for Atlantic Records (1960)

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• Post published:December 21, 2024
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Ornette Coleman‘s ‘Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation’ is his sixth album recorded on December 21, 1960 September 1961 and released by Atlantic Records.

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Lee Morgan records ‘The Sidewinder’ for Blue Note (1964)

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• Post published:December 21, 2024
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Lee Morgan‘s ‘The Sidewinder’ is an album recorded on December 21, 1963 and released in 1964 by Blue Note.

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