Ornette at 12 explained

Ornette at 12
Type:	Live
Artist:	Ornette Coleman
Cover:	Ornette at 12.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	July 16, 1968
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	32:31
Label:	Impulse!
Chronology:	Ornette Coleman
Prev Title:	Love Call
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Crisis
Next Year:	1969

Ornette at 12 is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman released on the Impulse! label in 1969.^[1]

In 2017, Real Gone Music reissued Ornette at 12 on CD as part of a compilation that also included Crisis.^{[2] [3]}

Reception

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Don't be put off by the critics; Ornette at 12 is a fine, enjoyable album".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. "C.O.D."  - 7:25
2. "Rainbows"  - 8:56
3. "New York"  - 8:13
4. "Bells and Chimes"  - 7:15

• Recorded at the Hearst Greek Amphitheatre, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, August 11, 1968

Personnel

• Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone Charlie Haden – bass
• Denardo Coleman – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/ornette-coleman/catalog/#impulse-as-9178 Ornette Coleman discography
2. Web site: Ornette Coleman: Ornette at 12/Crisis . Matt . Collar . AllMusic . August 11, 2022.
3. Web site: Two rare Ornette Coleman albums to be reissued as double CD . The Wire . August 11, 2022.
4. Olewnick, B. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=ornette-at-12-r136824|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed November 11, 2010