Released November 2, 1970 Release date 2 November 1970 | Length 45:18 | |
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Recorded May 22 and October 9, 1959July 26, 1960January 31 and March 27, 1961 Similar Ornette Coleman albums, Jazz albums | ||
Ornette coleman the circle with a hole in the middle
The Art of the Improvisers is a compilation album credited to jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released by Atlantic Records in 1970. The album was assembled without Coleman's input, comprising outtakes from recording sessions of 1959 to 1961 for The Shape of Jazz to Come, Change of the Century, This Is Our Music, Ornette!, and Ornette on Tenor. Recording sessions in 1959 took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California; those in 1960 and 1961 at Atlantic Studios in New York City.
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Reception
Thom Jurek, writing in Allmusic, characterized the album as "basically one of Coleman's most uptempo records for Atlantic, but also one of his most soulful. It deserves serious re-evaluation".
Track listing
All compositions by Ornette Coleman.Personnel
Songs
1The Circle With a Hole in the Middle4:55
2Just for You3:54
3The Fifth of Beethoven6:40