Jazz - For all the jazz lovers

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Welcome to [email protected], a lemmy community dedicated to all things jazz.

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Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) (www.youtube.com)

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The seminal jazz album which helped establish the Free Jazz movement

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's right, it was the pianist John Lewis who suggested the title because... Well, because he was right.

It is an absolute banger, and it was so innovative.

I just hate the idea that Coleman is seen as being presumptuous when, by all accounts, he was anything but.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh God it's so hard to read that kind of stuff yeah I agree.

Personally, when we are touched by genius like this, I would never dare call anybody's character into question, they can be whoever they want if they produce this kind of thing and change the world!