Ornette Coleman, Dancing in Your Head - 35m 35s

Tracks & Durations

1. Theme From A Symphony (Variation One)	15:47
2. Theme From A Symphony (Variation Two)	11:10
3. Midnight Sunrise	4:45
4. Midnight Sunrise (alt take)	3:49

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Review

While Ornette Coleman still performed in the classic acoustic-quartet configuration during the mid-1970s, he also began working with younger musicians, usually bearing electric guitars. This Coleman group, recorded in Paris in 1976, is the first incarnation of the band that would become Prime Time, and the "Theme from a Symphony" is a perky Coleman tune previously called "School Work" (on Science Fiction) and "The Good Life" (in the symphonic Skies of America). Coleman plays constantly here, blowing alto atop the layered, pulsing, synchronous rhythms of the band. A special relationship forms between the leader and the brilliant electric bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, their phrases often mirroring one another, while guitarists Bern Nix and Charlie Ellerbee and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson create a field of complex, dancing polyphony. Static and dynamic elements are recast as the group creates a sense of constant movement without conventional musical development. There's an element of funk, certainly, but the music is characterized by a trancelike quality that has affinities with minimalism and some African music. The roots of Coleman's new conception are apparent in the two pieces called "Midnight Sunrise," taken from the extensive tapes he made in 1973 playing with the Master Musicians of Jajouka, the hypnotic Moroccan ensemble of winds, strings, and drums. Stuart Broomer

Other Versions

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Dancing in Your Head

Tracks: 3 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 31m 29s (-5m 54s)

Dancing In Your Head

Tracks: 3 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 31m 28s (-5m 53s)

Dancing in Your Head

Tracks: 3 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 31m 21s (-5m 46s)

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