At the Golden Circle Stockholm

At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm is an avant-garde jazz live album in two volumes by the Ornette Coleman Trio, documenting concerts on the nights of December 3 and 4, 1965, at the Gyllene Cirkeln jazz club in Stockholm. Both volumes were released in early 1966. This marked the beginning of Coleman's contract with Blue Note after he left Atlantic Records. It also debuted Coleman’s usage of the trumpet and violin, instruments in which he took three years teaching himself to play after leaving Atlantic.

At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm
Live album by
the Ornette Coleman Trio
Released1966 (1966)
RecordedDecember 3–4, 1965
VenueGyllene Cirkeln club, Stockholm
GenreFree jazz
avant-garde jazz
post-bop
Length39:25 (Vol. 1, original LP)
43:50 (Vol. 2, original LP)
83:15 (Vols. 1 & 2 combined)
LabelBlue Note
Ornette Coleman chronology
Chappaqua Suite
(1965)		 At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm
(1966)		 The Empty Foxhole
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1] Vol. 1
AllMusic[2] Vol. 2
Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4] Vol. 1
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4] Vol. 2
Tom HullVol. 1: A
Vol. 2: A−[5]

Reception

The music has been described as "brilliant, optimistic closely unified thematic improvisations".[6] "Snowflakes and Sunshine" marked the introduction of his unconventional violin and trumpet playing. "In Coleman's hands, both instruments are refunctioned into 'sound tools' (...) producers of sounds, rhythms and emotions."[7] The Penguin Guide to Jazz listed both volumes as part of its "Core Collection" and gave each a four-star rating (of a possible four stars).[8] Pitchfork ranked the album as the 156th best of the 1960s.[9]

The 2002 CD reissue includes previously unreleased bonus tracks in both volumes.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ornette Coleman.

Volume 1
  1. "Faces and Places"
  2. "European Echoes"
  3. "Dee Dee"
  4. "Dawn"
  5. "Faces and Places" (Alternate take) (*)
  6. "European Echoes" (Alternate take) (*)
  7. "Doughnuts" (*)

(*) Previously unreleased bonus tracks included in the 2002 CD reissue.

Volume 2
  1. "Snowflakes and Sunshine"
  2. "Morning Song"
  3. "The Riddle"
  4. "Antiques"
  5. "Morning Song" (Alternate take) (*)
  6. "The Riddle" (Alternate take) (*)
  7. "Antiques" (Alternate take) (*)

(*) Previously unreleased bonus tracks included in the 2002 CD reissue.

Personnel

References
  1. Jurek, Thom. "At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.)
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 45. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  6. Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. Da Capo. ISBN 0-306-80377-1.
  7. Jost, Ekkehard (1975). Free Jazz (Studies in Jazz Research 4). Universal Edition.
  8. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 258. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
  9. "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s: 160-141". Pitchfork. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.