Beauty Is A Rare Thing (The Complete Atlantic Recordings)

(Remastered) 'This six-CD set contains the entirely of Ornette Coleman's recorded output for the Atlantic label, including the contents of the following albums:

The Shape Of Jazz To Come BR> Change Of The Century BR> This Is Our Music BR> Free Jazz BR> Ornette! BR> Ornette On Tenor BR> The Art Of The Improvisers BR> Twins BR> To Whom Who Keeps A Record BR>
Also included are six previously unreleased compositions (2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-12, 3-2, 5-1) and two selections from (composer) Gunther Schuller's Jazz Abstractions featuring Ornette Coleman on alto saxophone.


1-1 to 1-8 recorded on Friday, May 22, 1959; 9:30pm - 3:30am at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
1-9 to 2-1 recorded on Thursday, October 8, 1959; 3pm - 7pm at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
2-2 to 2-5 recorded on Friday, October 9, 1959; 2pm - 6pm at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California.
2-6 to 3-2 recorded on Tuesday, July 19, 1960; 8pm - 12pm at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
3-3 to 3-13 recorded on Tuesday, July 26, 1960; 6pm - 9pm & 10pm - 1am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
4-1 to 4-3 recorded on Tuesday, August 2, 1960; 6pm - 9pm & 10pm - 1am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
4-4 to 4-5 recorded on Wednesday, December 21, 1960; 8pm - 12:30am at A&R Studios, New York City
5-1 to 5-7 recorded on Tuesday, January 31, 1961; 3pm to 7:30pm at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-1 recorded on Wednesday, March 22, 1961 at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-2 to 6-6 recorded on Monday, March 27, 1961; 9pm - 1:30am at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City.
6-7 recorded on Monday, December 19, 1960 at A&R Studios, New York City.
6-8 recorded on Tuesday, December 20, 1960 at A&R Studios, New York City.

Digitally remastered from the original stereo master tapes at Atlantic Studios, New York City, April / May 1993.

A most heartfelt harmolodic thank you to Ornette Coleman who, with his music and his soul, has made the world a better place.

This compilation ℗ 1993 Atlantic Recording Corp.
© 1993 Rhino Records Inc.

Released in three double-CD digi sleeves housed in a half box which fits into a hardcover discbox slider.
Comes with a 68-page booklet with photographs, complete session notes, and liners.
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