Beauty Is a Rare Thing

~ Release by Ornette Coleman (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1Eos
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1961-03-22)
double bass:
Jimmy Garrison (on 1961-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Ed Blackwell (on 1961-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1961-03-22)
trumpet:
Don Cherry (jazz trumpeter) (on 1961-03-22)
recording of:
Eos (on 1961-03-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
publisher:
Phrase Text Music (Ornette Coleman)
6:37
2Enfant
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1961-03-27)
double bass:
Jimmy Garrison (on 1961-03-27)
drums (drum set):
Ed Blackwell (on 1961-03-27)
tenor saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1961-03-27)
trumpet:
Don Cherry (jazz trumpeter) (on 1961-03-27)
recording of:
Enfant (on 1961-03-27)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
publisher:
Phrase Text Music (Ornette Coleman)
6:29
3Ecars
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1961-03-27)
double bass:
Jimmy Garrison (on 1961-03-27)
drums (drum set):
Ed Blackwell (on 1961-03-27)
tenor saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1961-03-27)
trumpet:
Don Cherry (jazz trumpeter) (on 1961-03-27)
recording of:
Ecars (on 1961-03-27)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
publisher:
Phrase Text Music (Ornette Coleman)
7:37
4Cross Breeding
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1961-03-27)
double bass:
Jimmy Garrison (on 1961-03-27)
drums (drum set):
Ed Blackwell (on 1961-03-27)
tenor saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1961-03-27)
trumpet:
Don Cherry (jazz trumpeter) (on 1961-03-27)
recording of:
Cross Breeding (on 1961-03-27)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
publisher:
Phrase Text Music (Ornette Coleman)
11:21
5Harlem’s Manhattan
8:12
6Mapa
9:07
7Abstraction
recording engineer:
Phil Ramone (on 1960-12-19)
miscellaneous support:
Nesuhi Ertegun (on 1960-12-19: task: supervisor) and John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1960-12-19: task: supervisor)
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1960-12-19)
cello:
Joseph Tekula (cellist) (on 1960-12-19)
double bass:
Alvin Brehm (bass player) (on 1960-12-19) and Scott LaFaro (on 1960-12-19)
drums (drum set):
Sticks Evans (on 1960-12-19)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1960-12-19)
viola:
Harry Zaratzian (on 1960-12-19)
violin:
Charles Libove (on 1960-12-19) and Roland Vamos (violinist) (on 1960-12-19)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-12-19)
recording of:
Abstraction (on 1960-12-19)
composer:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
publisher:
MJQ Music, Inc.
44:10
8Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross): Variant I / Variant II / Variant III / Variant IV
recording engineer:
Phil Ramone
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
alto saxophone, bass clarinet and flute:
Eric Dolphy
double bass:
George Duvivier and Scott LaFaro
drums (drum set):
Sticks Evans
flute:
Robert DiDomenica (American composer and flutist)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist)
vibraphone:
Eddie Costa
recording of:
Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss‐Cross)
composer:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
is based on:
Criss‐Cross
15:22