Love Call (album)

1971 studio album by Ornette Coleman

Love Call

Studio album by

Ornette Coleman

Released| February 1971[1]
Recorded| April 29 & May 7, 1968
Genre| Jazz
Length| 39:58
53:23 (CD)
Label| Blue Note
Producer| Francis Wolff
Ornette Coleman chronology
| New York Is Now!
(1968)  | Love Call
(1971)  | Ornette at 12
(1968)

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Love Call is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded in 1968 and released on the Blue Note label.[2]

## Reception

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Phil Freeman noted "The interplay between the two saxophonists was fierce, and the rhythm section, borrowed from John Coltrane, combined powerhouse swing with an ineffable gravitas. This feeling of greater grounded-ness is what makes New York is Now! and Love Call unique among Coleman’s discography, whether on Blue Note or otherwise; the tempos aren’t much slower than on his other mid ’60s albums, but they feel somehow heavier here, Jones driving the beat as Garrison strums his bass like a massive guitar. The two albums don’t even seem to exist as separate entities—they feel like two halves of a whole, the compositions all sharing the ebullience and, in their slower moments, the deep feeling of the blues that have marked Ornette’s music since the 1950s".[3]

Allmusic, awarded the album three stars and Thom Jurek stated "the other half of the New York Is Now session, which is, in a sense, ridiculous. Blue Note issued two records when they really had one" but also more favorably said, "The title track is perhaps Coleman's finest moment on the trumpet. "[4]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|  [5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. "Airborne" - 10:30
2. "Check Out Time" - 8:22
3. "Check Out Time" [Alternate Version] - 7:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
4. "Open to the Public" - 8:05
5. "Love Call" - 8:45
6. "Love Call" [Alternate Version] - 5:31 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Just for You" - 4:13

* Recorded at A&R Studios, New York City on April 29 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6), and May 7 (tracks 2, 5 & 7), 1968.

## Personnel

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* Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone, trumpet
* Dewey Redman \- tenor saxophone
* Jimmy Garrison \- bass
* Elvin Jones \- drums

## References

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1. ^ "Billboard". March 6, 1971.
2. ^ Ornette Coleman discography accessed November 11, 2010
3. ^ Freeman, P. Good Old Days: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note, bluenote.com, December 18, 2012
4. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 11, 2010
5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 275\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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* Discography

Studio albums|

* Something Else!!!! (1958)
* Tomorrow Is the Question! (1959)
* The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
* Change of the Century (1960)
* This Is Our Music (1961)
* Free Jazz (1961)
* Ornette! (1962)
* Ornette on Tenor (1962)
* Chappaqua Suite (1965)
* The Empty Foxhole (1966)
* New York Is Now! (1968)
* Love Call (1968)
* Science Fiction (1971)
* Skies of America (1972)
* Dancing in Your Head (1976)
* Body Meta (1976)
* Soapsuds, Soapsuds (1977)
* Of Human Feelings (1982)
* Song X (1986)
* In All Languages (1987)
* Virgin Beauty (1988)
* Tone Dialing (1995)
* Sound Museum: Hidden Man (1996)
* Sound Museum: Three Women (1996)

Compilation albums|

* The Art of the Improvisers (1970)
* Twins (1971)
* To Whom Who Keeps a Record (1975)
* Broken Shadows (1982)
* Beauty Is a Rare Thing (1995)

Live albums|

* Town Hall, 1962 (1965)
* At the "Golden Circle" Vol. 1 & 2 (1966)
* Ornette at 12 (1968)
* Crisis (1969)
* Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street (1970)
* The Belgrade Concert (1971)
* Opening the Caravan of Dreams (1985)
* Prime Design/Time Design (1986)
* Colors: Live from Leipzig (1997)
* Sound Grammar (2006)

Related articles|

* Jayne Cortez (ex-wife)
* Denardo Coleman (son)
* Prime Time
* "Broadway Blues" (composition)
* "Lonely Woman" (composition)

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* MusicBrainz release group

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