Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Ornette Coleman Lecture

Songs

Faces And Places - Live at the Golden Circle If Possible - Original Piece “Riding the Prairie
Elevator” - inspired by meeting Ornette in the
elevator
School Work - Science Fiction

Congeniality - The Shape of Jazz to Come

Turnaround - Sound Grammar

Roundtrip - New York is Now

Street Woman - Science Fiction

Ideas for the old cooker:

I. Coltrane on Coltrane quote about Ornette “doing his own thing”

II. Joe’s take on Harmolodics as well as the Downbeat article and Interview

III. Harmolodic Clef

IV. Biography and historical context

V. Separating the music/individual in context

VI. Outline of Major Works and Individuals that he worked with - Achievements

VII. Evolution of the concept of Harmolodics to Sound Grammar

VIII.Questions - Maybe an idea to include some graphics in the program (ie. harmolodic clef,
resources to check out, visual of the clefs for a friend who helped Ornette organize his
collections. Various stories and interview anecdotes.