Ornette Coleman Discography - session index

1958 (The age of 28)

• Ornette Coleman 5  LA, Feb. 10, 1958
• Ornette Coleman 5  LA, Feb. 22, 1958
• Ornette Coleman 5  LA, Mar. 24, 1958
• Paul Bley 5  Hillcrest Club, LA, Oct., 1958
• Paul Bley 5  Hillcrest Club, LA, Oct.-Nov., 1958

1959

• Ornette Coleman 4  LA, Jan. 16, 1959
• Ornette Coleman 4  LA, Feb. 23, 1959
• Ornette Coleman 4  LA, Mar. 9 & 10, 1959
• Ornette Coleman 4  LA, May 22, 1959
• Ornette Coleman - Don Cherry 6  Lenox, MA, Aug. 29, 1959
• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, Oct. 8, 1959
• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, Oct. 9, 1959

1960 (The age of 30)

• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, July 19, 1960
• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, July 26, 1960
• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, Aug. 2, 1960
• John Lewis - Gunther Schuller - Jim Hall Orch. + The Contemporary String 4  NYC, Dec. 19, 1960
• John Lewis - Gunther Schuller - Jim Hall Orch. + The Contemporary String 4  NYC, Dec. 20, 1960
• Ornette Coleman 8  NYC, Dec. 21, 1960

1961

• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, Jan. 31, 1961
• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, Mar. 22, 1961
• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, Mar. 27, 1961

1962

• Ornette Coleman 3  Town Hall, NYC, Dec. 21, 1962

1965 (The age of 35)

• Ornette Coleman 4 w/ Joseph Tekula Band  NYC, June 15, 16 & 17, 1965
• Ornette Coleman 3  Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England, Aug. 29, 1965
• The Virtuoso Ensemble  same location, date
• Ornette Coleman 3  Salle De La Mutualite, Paris, France, 2nd set, Nov. 4, 1965
• Ornette Coleman 3  Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 30, 1965
• Ornette Coleman 3  Gyllende Cirklen, Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 3, 1965
• Ornette Coleman 3  Gyllende Cirklen, Stockholm, Sweden, afternoon set, Dec. 4, 1965
• Ornette Coleman 3  Gyllende Cirklen, Stockholm, Sweden, evening set, Dec. 4, 1965

1966

• Ornette Coleman 3  Paris, France, early 1966
• Ornette Coleman 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 7, 1966
• Ornette Coleman 3  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 9, 1966
• Ornette Coleman 3  NYC, 1966

1967

• Ornette Coleman 4  Village Theatre, NYC, Mar. 17, 1967
• The Philadelphia Woodwind 5  same location, date
• Jackie McLean - Ornette Coleman 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 24, 1967
• The Chamber Symphony Of Philadelphia 4  NYC, Mar. 31, 1967
• Ornette Coleman 4  St. Peter's Lutheran Church, NYC, July 21, 1967

1968

• Ornette Coleman 4  Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy, Feb. 5, 1968
• Ornette Coleman 4  Rome, Italy, Feb. 8, 1968
• Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band  Royal Albert Hall, London, England, Feb. 29, 1968
• Ornette Coleman 4  A&R Studios, NYC, Apr. 29, 1968
• Ornette Coleman 4  A&R Studios, NYC, May 7, 1968
• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, July 16, 1968

1969

• Ornette Coleman 5  New York University, NYC, Mar. 22, 1969
• Ornette Coleman 6  NYC, July, 1969
• Ornette Coleman 4  Blizen Fest., Belgium, Aug. 24, 1969

1970 (The age of 40)

• Ornette Coleman 5  NYC, early 1970
• Ornette Coleman 4  Prince Street, NYC, Feb. 14, 1970
• Louis Armstrong Friends  NYC, May 10, 1970

1971

• Alice Coltrane 3 w/ Strings  Generation Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 6, 1971
• Alice Coltrane 5 w/ Strings  Generation Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 6 or May 14, 1971
• Ornette Coleman 7  Columbia Studio E, NYC, Sep. 9, 1971
• Ornette Coleman 7  Columbia Studio E, NYC, Sep. 10, 1971
• Ornette Coleman 7  Columbia Studio E, NYC, Oct. 13, 1971
• Ornette Coleman 4  Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Nov. 2, 1971
• Ornette Coleman 4  Philharmonie, Berlin, West Germany, Nov. 5, 1971
• Ornette Coleman 4  Paris, France, late 1971

1972

• Ornette Coleman 4 w/ London Symphony Orch.  London, England, May, 1972
• Ornette Coleman 6  Columbia Studios, NYC, Sep. 7, 1972
• Ornette Coleman 6  Columbia Studios, NYC, Sep. 8, 1972
• Ornette Coleman 5  Artists House, NYC, Sep. 22, 1972

1973

• Ornette Coleman w/ The Master Musicians Of Joujouka  Joujouka, Morocco, Jan., 1973
• Ornette Coleman  1973

1974

• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, spr. 1974
• Ornette Coleman 4  Italy, 1974

1975 (The age of 45)

• Claude Nougaro  Paris, France, Dec., 1975

1976

• Charlie Haden - Ornette Coleman 2  NYC, Mar. 21, 1976
• Charlie Haden - Ornette Coleman 2  NYC, Dec. 19, 1976
• Ornette Coleman & Prime Time  Paris, France, Dec. 19, 1976
• Ornette Coleman & Prime Time  Barclay Studios, Paris, France, Dec., 1976

1977

• Charlie Haden - Ornette Coleman 2  NYC, Jan. 30, 1977

1978

• James "Blood" Ulmer 4  LA, Dec. 5, 1978

1979

• Ornette Coleman & Prime Time  NYC, Apr. 25, 1979

1984 (The age of 54)

• Jamaaladeen Tacuma 4  NYC, 1984

1985 (The age of 55)

• Pat Metheny - Ornette Coleman 5  NYC, Dec. 12-14, 1985
• Gregory Gelman Ensemble  Caravan Of Dreams, Forth Worth, TX, 1985
• Ornette Coleman & Prime Time  same location, date
• Jamaaladeen Tacuma 6  NYC, 1985

1987

• Ornette Coleman & Prime Time  NYC, Feb., 1987
• Ornette Coleman 4  same location, date
• Ornette Coleman & Prime Time w/ Jerry Garcia  NYC, Oct., 1987

1988

• Ornette Coleman & Prime Time  Volksbuhne, East Berlin, East Germany, June 5, 1988
• Ornette Coleman  Montreal Jazz Fest., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 7, 1988

1990 (The age of 60)

• Al MacDowell 5  NYC, 1990

1991

• Howard Shore & The London Philharmonic Orch.  LA, Aug., 1991

1995 (The age of 65)

• Yochk'o Seffer  Nov., 1995
• Ornette Coleman & Prime Time  NYC, 1995

1996

• Geri Allen - Ornette Coleman  Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, Mar. 1, 1996
• Ornette Coleman - Joachim Kuhn 2  live in Dresden, West Germany, Aug. 31, 1996
• Ornette Coleman 4  NYC, 1996

1997

• Rolf Kuhn & Friends w/ Ornette Coleman  Jan., 1997

2000 (The age of 70)

• Joe Henry  Sep. 7-29, 2000