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Beauty Is A Rare Thing Cover/Booklet

Beauty is a Rare Thing Cover/Booklet

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beauty is a rare thing: the complete atlantic recordings ee ke ee La eS oc eee Og released only in Japan; six previously unreleased compositions; and Coleman’ two instrumental contributions to Gunther Schuller’s Jazz Abstractions album. Although he recorded probably Re St eB under contract with the label, only these six hours survive, due to a warehouse fire that destroyed a large portion of our session tapes i oe De en ee sec created considerable controversy. Yet, when listening to these compositions with 1990s ears, with post-punk, post-metal, post- minimalism, post-distortion, post-Metal Machine Music ears, itis hard to understand what the fuss was all about. While the music in this set still sounds like no other and retains all of its freshness and vibrant vitality, it is in no way difficult, It is honest music, created by a free- thinker whose only intention was to share his own highly personal vision of beauty. Cea CE Nake CTE eO Uy day. In 35 years of recording, he has never compromised, never looked for trends to follow. Rather, he has continued to play, to write, to paint, to improvise, in the process influencing and inspiring several generations of musicians in and outside of jazz. From the Art nsemble of Chicago to Sonic Youth, from The Grateful Dead to Living Colour, music would not be what itis today without Ornette’s nnn n nerous human being, Ornette Coleman ees Reo ue Sea SE eee it eee eM ec EU Se ac you come to his music with an open mind and listen with your heart, SOE nes SR St ee cy Atlantic Records

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