Ornette ColemanBest Ornette Coleman Albums Ranked
8.2
Avg Score
21
Opinions
15
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 21 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Ornette Coleman’s catalog across 15 albums from 21 opinions, with an overall average of 8.2/10. The top-rated Ornette Coleman album is The Shape of Jazz to Come (Mono) (1959) with a 8.9/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Free Jazz and The Complete Science Fiction Sessions. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1958 to 2022.
The Complete Science Fiction Sessions
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the great jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s 1972 opus, a one-of-a-kind dispatch from the vibrant, polygenic, and contested lofts of downtown New York.”
Ornette!
“When you wander the streets of New York at night alone, every street urchin and clammy prostitute will eventually sidle up to you and relate some story about that wild year when he or she was an avant-garde jazz luminary. You just have to politely smile, pay for the dope, and explain that playing no music while living in total degradation is not avant-garde. The term "avant-garde" itself has slaug”
Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Recordings
“A new reissue of the free-jazz pioneer’s first two albums reminds us that he was always highly mindful of form”