Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation — 1961

The double-quartet landmark that named free jazz. Radical and influential. A genre cornerstone. Proof that Ornette Coleman hadn't run out of ideas.

On vinyl: Originals are widely faked and graded inconsistently — stick with a trusted reissue.

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