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The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra 1968

free jazz, jazz 74 min 6 tracks JCOA Records

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra is a 1968 album by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra recorded over a period of six months with Michael Mantler as composer, leader and producer. Many of the key figures in avant-garde jazz from the time contributed on the album including Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri, Larry Coryell, Roswell Rudd, and Carla Bley. The album's finale features a two-part concerto for Cecil Taylor and orchestra.

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Tracks

1Communications #814:09
2Communications #98:19
3Communications #1013:47
4Preview3:36
5Communications #11, Part 115:37
6Communications #11, Part 218:15

6 tracks, 74 minutes.

About the album

Artist: The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra
Label: JCOA Records
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: DE

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