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Free Country was released by HighNote Records and ACT Music [7] on June 17, 2003. [6] James Christopher Monger of AllMusic describes it as one of the artist's "critically lauded albums". [ 8 ] Writing in Billboard magazine in December 2003, Dan Ouellette listed the album among his choice of the best CDs that "slipped under most radar screens ...
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and its review by Scott Yanow calls it an "enjoyable straight-ahead date". [3] On All About Jazz, Marc Barnett described the album as "gorgeous improvisations on some beautiful yet rarely played songs". [5]
The acid jazz movement in the 1980s caused a resurgence in interest in Patton's music in the UK. Blue Note released many sessions that had not previously been released, including Blue John with Grant Green and George Braith (listed as Braithwaite on the LP). Patton made several trips to England where he was embraced by the acid jazz community. [3]
Free jazz, or free form in the early to mid-1970s, [1] is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes.
The recordings were made by the radio station WABC-FM, in 1965, for a Friday radio show called "Portraits in Jazz" with Alan Grant (né Abraham Grochowsky; 1919–2012). Coltrane's group played at the Half Note from March 19–April 4 [ 3 ] and again from May 4–9 [ 4 ] of that year.
Recorded: September 20 & 21, 1976 ... Hawthorne Nights is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims recorded in 1976 and released by ... A well-rounded set of swinging jazz ...
The music is a continuous free improvisation with only a few brief pre-determined sections, recorded in one take with no overdubbing or editing. [6] The album features what Coleman called a “double quartet,” i.e., two self-contained jazz quartets: each with a reed instrument, trumpet, bass, and drums. [7]
Of Human Feelings is an album by American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Ornette Coleman.It was recorded on April 25, 1979, at CBS Studios in New York City with his band Prime Time, which featured guitarists Charlie Ellerbee and Bern Nix, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and drummers Calvin Weston and Coleman's son Denardo.