Released 1965 (1965) Length 82:55 Label Blue Note Records | Recorded December 1965 Release date 1965 | |
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Venue Gyllene Cirkeln club, Stockholm At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm
(1965) The Empty Foxhole
(1966) Artists Ornette Coleman, The Ornette Coleman Trio, Don Cherry, Paul Bley Genres Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz Similar Ornette Coleman albums, Free jazz albums, Other albums | ||
At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm is a two-volume album by the Ornette Coleman Trio, documenting concerts on the nights of December 3 and 4, 1965, in the Gyllene Cirkeln club in Stockholm. It marked the beginning of Coleman's contract with Blue Note.
Contents
The music has been described as "brilliant, optimistic closely unified thematic improvisations". "Snowflakes and Sunshine" marked the introduction of his unconventional violin and trumpet playing. "In Coleman's hands, both instruments are refunctioned into 'sound tools' (...) producers of sounds, rhythms and emotions." The Penguin Guide to Jazz listed both volumes as part of its "Core Collection" and gave each a four-star rating (of a possible four stars).
The 2002 CD reissue includes previously unreleased bonus tracks in both volumes.
Track listing
All tracks written by Ornette Coleman.
Volume 1
- "Faces and Places"
- "European Echoes"
- "Dee Dee"
- "Dawn"
- "Faces and Places" (Alternate take) (*)
- "European Echoes" (Alternate take) (*)
- "Doughnuts" (*)
(*) Previously unreleased bonus tracks included in the 2002 CD reissue.
Volume 2
- "Snowflakes and Sunshine"
- "Morning Song"
- "The Riddle"
- "Antiques"
- "Morning Song" (Alternate take) (*)
- "The Riddle" (Alternate take) (*)
- "Antiques" (Alternate take) (*)
(*) Previously unreleased bonus tracks included in the 2002 CD reissue.
Personnel
Songs
1Snowflakes And Sunshine10:47
2Morning Song10:43
3The Riddle10:00