''Chappaqua Suite'' is a
free jazz album by alto saxophonist
Ornette Coleman
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Colle ...
which was recorded in 1965 for
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
.
It was originally commissioned by director
Conrad Rooks
Conrad Rooks (December 15, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri – December 27, 2011 in Massachusetts) was an American writer, director and producer most well known for his 1972 filmed adaptation of Hermann Hesse's novel '' Siddhartha''.
Early lif ...
as the soundtrack to his film ''
Chappaqua''; however, the music was not used in the released version of the film because Rooks decided upon hearing Coleman's music that its inherent beauty might detract from the force of the film.
Reception
The
AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While not considered a masterwork of Coleman's, perhaps because of its unavailability in the United States in its entirety, ''Chappaqua Suite'' is a testament to Coleman's vision as a composer and the power of his orchestral direction. Very worthwhile indeed".
[Yanow, Scot]
Allmusic Review
accessed November 30, 2010 A writer for ''Eartrip'' magazine described the nature of Coleman's playing on the album: "the unfolding of ideas on a similar plane is not about building up to emotional climaxes,
..but about the constant stream of ideas within particular parameters which are open to change but which are not under the force of having to change."
Track listing
#"Chappaqua Suite, Part 1" – 21:06
#"Chappaqua Suite, Part 2" – 18:41
#"Chappaqua Suite, Part 3" – 17:36
#"Chappaqua Suite, Part 4" – 21:48
:''All compositions by Ornette Coleman''
Personnel
* Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
*
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...
– tenor saxophone
*
David Izenzon – double bass
*
Charles Moffett – drums
* Orchestra arranged by Joseph Tekula
References
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1966 albums
Columbia Records albums
Ornette Coleman albums
Free jazz albums
Albums produced by Henri Renaud