Ornette Coleman – Round Trip On Blue Note – Tone Poet LP Box Set

Description

Iconoclastic saxophonist and composer OrnetteColeman shookthe jazz world when he arrivedat the Five Spot Caf in New York City in 1959 and began his runof seminal albums on Atlanticthat laid the foundation for the free jazz movement to come. After a period of disillusionmentduring which he withdrew from public music making, Coleman re–emerged onBlue Notein1966 and began writing an intriguing new chapter of his legendary career.

The boxsetRound Trip: Ornette Coleman On Blue Notepresents all-analog 180g Tone Poet Vinyl Editions of all six albums featuringColeman that were recorded for Blue Note Records, including his five albums as a leaderthe two-volumeAt The Golden Circle Stockholm(1965),The Empty Foxhole(1966),New York Is Now!(1968), andLove Call(1968) as well as his lone sideman appearance onNew And Old Gospel(1967) by fellow saxophonist JackieMcLean. The boxset includes a booklet featuring rare photos and an enlightening essay by critic ThomasConrad.

The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series isproduced by Joe Harley andfeatures all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing Old Style Gatefold Tip-On Jackets. Mastering is by KevinGray(Cohearent Audio), and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).