Contemporary Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Something Else!!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman
| Recorded | Feb 10 & Mar 24, 1958 |
|---|---|
| Label | Contemporary Records |
| Catalog | LAC 12170 |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 61707 |
The record
Piano still anchors this leader debut, though Coleman and Cherry already trade lines like they're reading each other's minds. A threshold record, made before the quartet stripped down to its bare, harmolodic essentials.
Session personnel
- Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone, composed by
- Don Payne — bass
- Billy Higgins — drums
- Walter Norris — piano
- Don Cherry — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Contemporary Records · LAC 12170 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono earliest on file · laminated sleeve |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Contemporary Records · SR 3143 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1972 | Contemporary Records · SR 3143 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1973 | Contemporary Records · S7551 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Monarch Pressing |
| 1975 | Contemporary Records · LAX 3024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue |
| 1975 | Contemporary Records · LAX 3024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1980 | Contemporary Records · GXC-3181 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1983 | Contemporary Records · P-7587 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2011 | Original Jazz Classics — STEREO |
| 2021 | Second Records · SRPD0002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release |
| 2021 | Second Records · SRPD0002CV — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Clear Natural |
| 2021 | Second Records · SRPD0002ME — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Clear Natural Marble |
| 2021 | Second Records · SRPD0002SP — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Orange/Purple Splatter |
| — | Boplicity Records · COP 024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Ornette Coleman also plays on
Don Payne also plays on
Billy Higgins also plays on