Vinyl Reissue Series Commemorates 65th Anniversary of Prestige Records and 90th Birthday of Legendary Engineer Rudy Van Gelder!
Tomorrow Is the Question! is the second album by American jazz musician Ornette Coleman, originally released in 1959 by the Contemporary label. The springboard in Ornette Colemans pursuit of freedom of expression as a soloist, Tomorrow Is The Question! is notable for its lack of piano, which the saxophone maverick chose to strike from the record in favor of a quartet composed of drummer Shelly Manne, trumpeter Don Cherry, and alternatingly Percy Heath and Red Mitchell on bass.
Colemans belief was that removing piano and thus layers of harmonic structure, would allow the soloists to truly roam freely around the tune, pioneering new dimensions in sonic interplay. As a result, Tomorrow Is the Question! was a very literal title; where would Colemans iconoclastic vision take him next? The free-jazz pioneer was just getting started, and what a dazzling start it is! This essential document of American Jazz History is now available on vinyl.
Features:
Prestige Records 65th Anniversary Reissue
120g Vinyl Reissue
Musicians:
Ornette Coleman, alto sax
Don Cherry, trumpet
Percy Heath, bass
Red Mitchell, bass
Shelly Manne, drums
Selections:
Side One:
1. Tomorrow Is the Question!
2. Tears Inside
3. Mind And Time
4. Compassion
5. Giggin'
6. Rejoicing
Side Two:
1. Lorraine
2. Turnaround
3. Endless
Tomorrow Is the Question! is the second album by American jazz musician Ornette Coleman, originally released in 1959 by the Contemporary label. The springboard in Ornette Colemans pursuit of freedom of expression as a soloist, Tomorrow Is The Question! is notable for its lack of piano, which the saxophone maverick chose to strike from the record in favor of a quartet composed of drummer Shelly Manne, trumpeter Don Cherry, and alternatingly Percy Heath and Red Mitchell on bass.
Colemans belief was that removing piano and thus layers of harmonic structure, would allow the soloists to truly roam freely around the tune, pioneering new dimensions in sonic interplay. As a result, Tomorrow Is the Question! was a very literal title; where would Colemans iconoclastic vision take him next? The free-jazz pioneer was just getting started, and what a dazzling start it is! This essential document of American Jazz History is now available on vinyl.
Features:
Prestige Records 65th Anniversary Reissue
120g Vinyl Reissue
Musicians:
Ornette Coleman, alto sax
Don Cherry, trumpet
Percy Heath, bass
Red Mitchell, bass
Shelly Manne, drums
Selections:
Side One:
1. Tomorrow Is the Question!
2. Tears Inside
3. Mind And Time
4. Compassion
5. Giggin'
6. Rejoicing
Side Two:
1. Lorraine
2. Turnaround
3. Endless
