Ornette Coleman and Prime Time – Virgin Beauty
(Portrait Records 1988 PRT4611931)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1
Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– small tear in bottom right corner
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. His pioneering works often abandoned the harmony-based composition, tonality, chord changes, and fixed rhythm found in earlier jazz idioms. Instead, Coleman emphasized an experimental approach to improvisation rooted in ensemble playing and blues phrasing. Thom Jurek of AllMusic called him “one of the most beloved and polarizing figures in jazz history,” noting that while “now celebrated as a fearless innovator and a genius, he was initially regarded by peers and critics as rebellious, disruptive, and even a fraud.”
Virgin Beauty is an album by Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time ensemble. It was released by Portrait Records in 1988.
Track listing
- “3 Wishes” – 4:23
- “Bourgeois Boogie” – 5:11
- “Happy Hour” – 4:49
- “Virgin Beauty” – 3:34
- “Healing the Feeling” – 5:21
- “Singing in the Shower” – 4:26
- “Desert Players” – 4:24
- “Honeymooners” – 4:24
- “Chanting” – 3:01
- “Spelling the Alphabet” – 1:30
- “Unknown Artist” – 4:12
Personnel
- Ornette Coleman – saxophone, trumpet, violin
- Denardo Coleman – drums, keyboards, percussion
- Charles Ellerbie – guitar
- Jerry Garcia – Guitar on “3 Wishes”, “Singing in the Shower”, “Desert Players”
- Albert MacDowell – double bass
- Bern Nix – guitar
- Chris Walker – bass
- Calvin Weston – drums
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