Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 — June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was a chief proponent of avant-garde free jazz, as heralded on his popular 1959 Atlantic release The Shape of Jazz to Come. On this and the 1960/61 albums Change of the Century and This Is Our […]
Ronald Shannon Jackson (Jan. 12, 1940 — Oct. 19, 2013) was an American jazz-funk drummer on the New York avant-garde scene. He emerged as a free-jazz sideman for Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and James Blood Ulmer. As a bandleader, Jackson led the No Wave-inspired Decoding Society on the 1980–83 albums Eye on You, […]
Are You Glad to Be in America? is an album by American avant-garde jazz guitarist James Blood Ulmer, released in 1980 on Rough Trade. Tracklist: A1. “Layout” (5:00) A2. “Pressure” (3:50) A3. “Interview” (3:35) A4. “Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk Is the Preacher)” (4:03) A5. “See-Through” (3:46) B1. “Time Out” (5:22) B2. “T.V. Blues” (4:29) […]
