Recordings

The recording lists are not meant to be inclusive, but I do try and get as much information in them as possible. Wherever possible, there will be links to more complete discographies.

Listed in alphabetical order.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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A-C

• The Art of the Improvisers - Atlantic [  ]

• At the Golden Circle, Volumes One and Two - Blue Note [724353551827]  (2 CD)

• Atlantic Jazz: 12 Volume Box Set - Atlantic [81712-4] 1947-1986 (12 CD box anthology of multiple artists)

• Atlantic Jazz: Saxophones - Rhino Records [R2-71256]  (CD, multiple artists anthology)

• Atlantic Jazz: Saxophones, Vol. 2 - Rhino Records [8122-71726] 1994-1995 (CD, multiple artists anthology)

• Atlantic Jazzlore - Atlantic [  ] 1960 (vinyl disc)

• The Avant-Garde - Atlantic Jazz [78 17094]  (cassette)

• Beauty is a Rare Things : The Complete Atlantic Recordings - Rhino Records [R2 71410] 1959-1961 (6 CD box anthology)

• Body Meta -  [  ]

• Change of the Century / The Shape of Things to Come - Atlantic [SD 1327] 1959 (Vinyl disc) (reissued on Atlantic [7 81341-2] (CD)

• Chappaqua Suite - CBS/Sony Records [  ] 197? (2 LP's - vinyl disc)

• Colors - Verve - Harmolodic [  ] 1997 (CD)

• Complete Science Fiction Sessions - Columbia/Legacy [CK 64569] 1971-1972 (2 CD anthology)

D-L

• Dancing in your Head - Verve Records [314 543 519-2] 1976

• David, Moffett, and Ornette - Rhapsody Films 1966 (film)

• The Empty Foxhole - Blue Note [28982] 1966 (CD, reissue)

• Energy Essentials - Impulse! - MCA  [ASD 9228] (3 LP's - vinyl disc - anthology)

• Finding Forrester - Columbia/Legacy [  ] (CD)

• Forms and Sounds: The Music of Ornette Coleman - RCA/Bluebird [6561-2-RB]

• Free Jazz - Atlantic [1364] 1960 (vinyl disc)

• Friends and Neighbors - [  ] 1970 (vinyl disc)

• Great Moments in Jazz - Atlantic [  ]

• In All Languages - Artist House [  ] 1987 (CD) (also on Caravan Dreams [CDP 95008] (CD)

• Jazz Abstractions - Atlantic [  ]

• Live at the Golden Gate, Stockholm, Vol. 1-2 - Atlantic [BST 84224 - BST 84225]


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M-R

• Naked Lunch - (film)

• New and Old Gospel - Blue Note Records [84203] (vinyl disc)

• New York is Now -  [  ] 1968 (vinyl disc)

• New Music of Ornette Coleman - Contemporary Records [S7569] (vinyl disc)

• The Newborn Touch - Contemporary Records [S 7615]

• Of Human Feelings -  [  ] 1980 (vinyl disc)

• Ornette! - Atlantic [  ]

• Ornette at 12 - Impulse! [A-9178] 1969 (vinyl disc)

• Ornette Coleman Double Quartet: Free Jazz - Atlantic [50240]

• The Ornette Coleman Trio 1966 - Rhapsody Films 1966 (black and white film)

• Ornette: Made in America - 1984 (film)

• Ornette on Tenor - Atlantic [1394] 1961 (vinyl disc)

• Prince Time -  [  ] 1987

• Rétrospective Yochk'o Seffer - Frémeaux & Associés [F A 070] 1997 (2 CD) (compilation of Yochk'o Seffer (sax)

• Revised Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz - Smithsonian [19477] 1987 (CDs, multiple artists anthology)


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S-Z

• Scar -  [  ] 2001 (CD) [sideman for Joe Henry (singer)]

• Science Fiction - Columbia Records [  ]  (vinyl disc)

• The Shape of Jazz to Come - Atlantic [1317] 1959 (vinyl disc)  ( there is also a CD reissue)

• Skies of America - Columbia Records [  ]

• Skies of America - Columbia/Legacy [CK 63568] 1972 (CD, reissue)

• Soapsuds, Soapsuds - Artist House [  ]  (CD)

• Something Else - Contemporary Records [S7551] 1958 (vinyl disc)

• Song X - Geffen Records [GHS 24095] 1985

• Sound Grammar - Sound Grammar [SG001] 2005 (CD) Coleman won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Music for this recording.

• Tales of Captain Black - Artist House [  ] 1978

• This is our Music - Atlantic [SD 13531394] 1961 (vinyl disc)

• Time Peace - Gramavision Records [79450] [Al MacDowell (bass)]

• To Whom Who Keeps a Record - Atlantic [  ]

• Tomorrow is the Question - Vogue [LAC 12228] 1959 (vinyl disc)

• Tone Dialing - Harmolodic Records [0383]  (CD)

• Twins - Atlantic [SD 8810] 1960 (vinyl disc)

• Virgin Beauty - Portrait Records [PRT 461 193-2] 1988 (CD)