Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation by the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
Recorded in December 1960 and released on Atlantic Records in 1961, Free Jazz is a watershed in jazz history. Dense and beautiful, it opened a Pandora's box of post-bebop freedom in music.
The Double Quartet:
Ornette Coleman: alto sax
Don Cherry: pocket trumpet
Scott La Faro: bass
Billy Higgins: drums
Eric Dolphy: bass clarinet
Freddie Hubbard: trumpet
Charlie Haden: bass
Ed Blackwell: drums