Ornette Coleman Prime Time Orchestra Ornette Coleman/Italy 1990

We have some very interesting live performances from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, which are valuable for Ornette Coleman fans, and jazz fans alike! This two-disc set features Ornette with two guitars, two basses, drums, and tabla in prime time, and an orchestra named after Ornette's beloved Arturo Toscanini, at the legendary festival focusing on Ornette, held on April 21, 1990, in Reggio Emilia! The sound quality is great! In addition to his jazz works, Ornette has also been composing classical music since the early 1950s, and his first classical work is known as "To Poets and Writers" for string quartet, performed at the Town Hall in 1962. Incidentally, it is thought that this performance, A Poem to Music - Ornette Festival, was taken from this work! Ornette was inspired to compose "American Sky" when he visited Moondog, a blind street musician who is said to have influenced his collaboration with Charlie Parker and Frank Zappa. He completed the piece over a period of three years with advice from Gerald Schwartz, a trumpeter with the New York Philharmonic who was Ornette's friend at the time. Ornette wanted to perform the piece with the New York Philharmonic and his own group, but this did not happen. In the end, it was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra in England, but Ornette was blocked by the notorious British Musicians' Union and only Ornette was allowed to enter the country. Furthermore, during the rehearsal before the recording, the orchestra members were clearly skeptical of the content of the piece and the musicians were constantly looking at their watches. However, on the day of the performance, when Ornette took out his alto saxophone and performed with him for the first time, the orchestra members were amazed by his beautiful and outstanding improvisation and finally realized the greatness of "American Sky". When the recording was finished, everyone stood up to praise Ornette. More than 40 years after its completion, it is now considered a classic of the United States. Ornette's most controversial work, "American Sky," was finally released after many restrictions and difficulties. The original plan for this work was to create a 90-minute masterpiece performed by Ornette with his own group and a symphony orchestra, but due to the recording time of the LP record, more than one-third of the original song was cut, and the release was performed only by Ornette and the orchestra. "American Sky" was only performed a few times with an orchestra, such as at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1972 and at a performance in Ornette's hometown of Fort Worth in 1983, and was always shortened. However, in 1987, a performance was finally held that revealed the full scope of the masterpiece that Ornette had originally envisioned, with a total of 11 movements (8 movements plus Ornette and Prime Time), and a performance time of 90 minutes. This work follows the complete version from 1987, but also includes the New York Philharmonic, which Ornette originally wanted to perform with until the end. Why? Yes, the New York Philharmonic was the orchestra that Ornette's beloved Arturo Toscanini first conducted in 1926 and became its principal conductor the following year. Incidentally, Toscanini is a great conductor who is on a par with Furtwängler, who was called the Emperor. This performance is the complete 90-minute version, and also features a collaboration with the orchestra named after Toscanini in his hometown of Italy, with double guitars, bass, drums, and on the corner! It is no exaggeration to say that this epoch-making historic concert, with prime time featuring Badal Roy, finally realized the true "American sky" that Ornette originally wanted to perform. Happily ever after, merrily, and congratulations!! This is a collectible title that goes beyond the boundaries of jazz musicians and touches on the overflowing talent of Ornette Coleman, one of the greatest musicians born in the 20th century. Be sure to listen carefully!