- jazz
- 36 min
- 5 tracks
- Jazz Heritage Society
The Avant-Garde is an album credited to jazz musicians John Coltrane and Don Cherry that was released in 1966 by Atlantic Records. It features Coltrane playing several compositions by Ornette Coleman accompanied by the members of Coleman's quartet: Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Ed Blackwell. The album was assembled from two unissued recording sessions at Atlantic Studios in New York City in 1960.
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Character
Grave, character-led, spare and intimate.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- Allmusic4/5 ★
- DownBeat4.5/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Cherryco6:49
- 2Focus on Sanity12:15
- 3The Blessing7:53
- 4The Invisible4:11
- 5Bemsha Swing5:05
5 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Coltrane, Don Cherry
- Label
- Jazz Heritage Society
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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