At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm
| At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | December 3–4, 1965 | |||
| Venue | Gyllene Cirkeln club, Stockholm | |||
| Genre | Free jazz avant-garde jazz post-bop | |||
| Length | 39:25 (Vol. 1, original LP) 43:50 (Vol. 2, original LP) 83:15 (Vols. 1 & 2 combined) | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Ornette Coleman chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] Vol. 1 |
| AllMusic | [2] Vol. 2 |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] Vol. 1 |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] Vol. 2 |
| Tom Hull | Vol. 1: A Vol. 2: A−[5] |
At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm is an avant-garde jazz live album in two volumes by the Ornette Coleman Trio, documenting concerts on the nights of December 3 and 4, 1965, at the Gyllene Cirkeln jazz club in Stockholm. Both volumes were released in early 1966. This marked the beginning of Coleman's contract with Blue Note after he left Atlantic Records.
The music has been described as "brilliant, optimistic closely unified thematic improvisations".[6] "Snowflakes and Sunshine" marked the introduction of his unconventional violin and trumpet playing. "In Coleman's hands, both instruments are refunctioned into 'sound tools' (...) producers of sounds, rhythms and emotions."[7] The Penguin Guide to Jazz listed both volumes as part of its "Core Collection" and gave each a four-star rating (of a possible four stars).[8]
The 2002 CD reissue includes previously unreleased bonus tracks in both volumes.
Track listing
All tracks written by Ornette Coleman.
Volume 1
- "Faces and Places"
- "European Echoes"
- "Dee Dee"
- "Dawn"
- "Faces and Places" (Alternate take) (*)
- "European Echoes" (Alternate take) (*)
- "Doughnuts" (*)
(*) Previously unreleased bonus tracks included in the 2002 CD reissue.
Volume 2
- "Snowflakes and Sunshine"
- "Morning Song"
- "The Riddle"
- "Antiques"
- "Morning Song" (Alternate take) (*)
- "The Riddle" (Alternate take) (*)
- "Antiques" (Alternate take) (*)
(*) Previously unreleased bonus tracks included in the 2002 CD reissue.
Personnel
- Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone, violin, trumpet
- David Izenzon — double bass
- Charles Moffett — drums
References
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.)
- ^ a b Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 45. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. Da Capo. ISBN 0-306-80377-1.
- ^ Jost, Ekkehard (1975). Free Jazz (Studies in Jazz Research 4). Universal Edition.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 258. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
