Round Trip: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note

Iconoclastic saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman shook the jazz world when he arrived at the Five Spot Caf| in New York City in 1959 and began his run of seminal albums on Atlantic that laid the foundation for the free jazz movement to come. After a period of disillusionment during which he withdrew from public music making, Coleman re-emerged on Blue Note in 1966 and began writing an intriguing new chapter of his legendary career. The boxset Round Trip: Ornette Coleman On Blue Note presents all-analog 180g Tone Poet Vinyl Editions of all six albums featuring Coleman that were recorded for Blue Note Records, including his five albums as a leader-the two-volume At The ‘Golden Circle’ Stockholm (1965), The Empty Foxhole (1966), New York Is Now! (1968), and Love Call (1968)-as well as his lone sideman appearance on New And Old Gospel (1967) by fellow saxophonist Jackie McLean. The boxset includes a booklet featuring rare photos and an enlightening essay by critic Thomas Conrad. The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing “Old Style” Gatefold Tip-On Jackets. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio), and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI). TRACKLIST LP 1 At the Golden Circle Stockholm Vol. 1 Live From The Golden Circle, Stockholm / 1965 Announcement / Faces And Places (SIDE A) European Echoes (SIDE A) Dee Dee (SIDE B) Dawn (SIDE B) Ornette Coleman (alto sax, trumpet, violin); David Izenzon (bass); Charles Moffett (drums) LP 2 At the Golden Circle Stockholm Vol. 2 Live From The Golden Circle, Stockholm / 1965 Snowflakes And Sunshine (SIDE A) Morning Song (SIDE A) The Riddle (SIDE B) Antiques (SIDE B) Ornette Coleman (alto sax); David Izenzon (bass); Charles Moffett (drums) LP 3 The Empty Foxhole 1966 Good Old Days (SIDE A) The Empty Foxhole (SIDE A) Sound Gravitation (SIDE A) Freeway Express (SIDE B) Faithful (SIDE B) Zig Zag (SIDE B) Ornette Coleman (alto sax, trumpet, violin); Charles Haden (bass); Denardo Coleman (drums) LP 4 New York Is Now! 1968 The Garden Of Souls (SIDE A) Toy Dance (SIDE A) We Now Interrupt For A Commercial (SIDE B) Broad Way Blues (SIDE B) Round Trip (SIDE B) Ornette Coleman (alto sax); Dewey Redman (tenor sax); Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) LP 5 Love Call 1968 Airborne (SIDE A) Love Call (SIDE A) Open To The Public (SIDE B) Check Out Time (SIDE B) Ornette Coleman (alto sax, trumpet); Dewey Redman (tenor sax); Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) LP 6 New And Old Gospel 1967 Lifeline Offspring B. Midway C. Vernzone D. The Inevitable End (SIDE A) Old Gospel (SIDE B) Strange As It Seems (SIDE B) Jackie McLean (alto sax); Ornette Coleman (trumpet); Lamont Johnson (piano); Scott Holt (bass); Billy Higgins (drums)