Tag Archives: Denardo Coleman

Jayne Cortez – Maintain Control/Economic Love Song I (1986)

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First two tracks from the album Maintain Control by Jayne Cortez And The Firespitters.

Jayne Cortez (May 10, 1936 – December 28, 2012) was an American poet, and performance artist. Cortez was born May 10, 1936 in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and grew up in California. She was the author of ten books of poems and performed her poetry with music on nine recordings. Cortez presented her work and ideas at universities, museums, and festivals in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and the United States. [source]

Al MacDowel – Bass
Bern Nix – Guitar
Denardo Coleman – Percussion
Charles Moffett Jr. – Tenor Saxophone
Jayne Cortez – Voice

 

jaynecortez-1024x1024    [in remembrance of Jayne Cortez]

Ornette Coleman – Faithful (1966)

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Faithful is the fifth track on the album The Empty Foxhole by Ornette Coleman, recorded at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, 1966.
The Empty Foxhole is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label in 1967. The album features Coleman’s untutored violin and trumpet as well as performing on his usual instrument, the alto saxophone, and marks the recording debut of his son who was ten years of age at the time. [source]

Proud papa explains in the liner notes that he gave an enthusiastic Denardo a drum set for Christmas when he was six. That would mean that at the time the album was recorded Denardo probably had more experience playing drums than Ornette had on trumpet and violin, his two new instruments which are lovingly featured on this album. [read more] (track 2,3 and 4)

Ornette Coleman – Alto Saxophone
Charlie Haden – Bass
Denardo Coleman- Drums

 

Ornette Coleman – Him and Her (1979)

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Him and Her is track number three on the album Of Human Feelings by Ornette Coleman, released 1979 on Antilles.
Side one: 1) Sleep Talk, 2) Jump Street, 3) Him and Her, 4) Air Ship
Side two: 1) What Is The Name Of That Song ?, 2) Job Mob, 3) Love Words, 4) Times Square

When one thinks of Ornette Coleman´s innovative Prime Time Band, it is of crowded ensembles played by the altoist/leader, two guitars, two electric bassists, and two drummers. Actually, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, who plays enough for two musicians, is the only bassist on this date, but guitarists Charlie Ellerbee and Bern Nix, along with drummers Denardo Coleman and Calvin Weston, keep the ensembles quite exciting. None of the eight Coleman originals (which includes a tune titled “What Is the Name of That Song?”) would catch on, but in this context they serve as a fine platform for Coleman´s distinctive horn and often witty and free (but oddly melodic) style. [source]

Ornette Coleman – Saxophone
Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Bass
Calvin Weston – Drums
Denardo Coleman – Drums
Bern Nix – Guitar
Charlie Ellerbee – Guitar