Ornette Coleman (USA)

CD "Sound Grammar" (Sound Grammar | SG001)
Ornette Coleman Saxophon, Trompete, Violine, Greg Cohen Bass, Tony Falanga Bass, Denardo Coleman Schlagzeug

Info | Sound Grammar marks several "firsts": Ornette Coleman's first album in more than a decade; the first release on his new Sound Grammar label; and his first live recording in 20 years.
Furthermore, it marks the recording debut of the iconoclastic saxophonist's most recent band, featuring his son Denardo Coleman on drums and acoustic bassists Tony Falanga & Greg Cohen.
Gorgeously recorded live in concert in Germany in late 2005, Sound Grammar splendidly showcases eight Coleman compositions, including two remakes: "Song X," originally recorded on the 1985 album of the same name, and "Turnaround," from the classic 1959 album "Tomorrow
is The Question." To quote Ornette, "Sound Grammar is to music what letters are to language. Music is a language of sounds that transforms all human languages." As innovative and groundbreaking as anything Coleman has released in nearly five decades of record making, Sound Grammar is also one of his most accessible and melodic works to date. To be filed under "instant classic" and "essential", Sound Grammar is likely to rank among the key musical events of 2006.

> Grammy-Nominierung 2/2007: bestes Jazz-Album

> Vierteljahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik

> Jazz-Album des Jahres in JazzThing (Ausgabe Feb/März 07)

> voraussichtlich sein einziges Deutschlandkonzert in 2007: 14.2. Essen, Philharmonie (sein Quartett & Joachim Kühn)