Ornette Coleman: Round Trip: Ornette Coleman On Blue Note (6LP)

Iconoclastic saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman shook the jazz world when he performed at the Five Spot Café in New York City in 1959 and released a series of groundbreaking albums on Atlantic that laid the foundation for the later free jazz movement. After a period of disappointment in which he withdrew from public music-making, Coleman resurfaced with Blue Note in 1966 and began writing a new, fascinating chapter in his legendary career. The boxed set "Round Trip: Ornette Coleman On Blue Note" presents fully analog 180g tone-poet vinyl editions of all six albums Coleman 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 only appearance as a sideman on "New And Old Gospel" (1967) with fellow saxophonist Jackie McLean. The box set includes a booklet with rare photos and an insightful essay by critic Thomas Conrad. The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog 180g audiophile vinyl reissues mastered from the original master tape, packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing "Old Style" gatefold tip-on jackets. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio), and the vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).