Ornette Coleman - Prime Design / Time Design (1985)

A harmolodic composition for four string instruments and percussion in honor of Buckminster Fuller.
Gregory Gelman - 1st Violin
Larissa Blitz - 2nd Violin
Alex Deych - Viola
Matthew Meister - Cello
Denardo Coleman - Percussion
Recorded live in the Fullerian Desert Dome, Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas
Ornette Coleman's Sleeve Note:
When I first met Buckminster Fuller in 1982, he impressed me with a spirited demonstration of his model of the tetrahedron, a geometric figure at the basis of the structural design of the universe. He manipulated the model, turned it inside out, made it dance -- but the corners never touched. I said to myself "that's just like my music!" And at that moment I was inspired to write a piece of music based on Fuller's mathematics, dedicated to this man and his shining being, investigating the universe like an ancient child.
This piece is designed for five soloists. At different points in the piece, each musician plays in different time signatures: 2/4, 1/4, 2/3, 4/4, 7/4, 9/4 and 12/4.
The second violin introduces the theme which is then played by viola, the cello, and the first violin. After completing the theme, each musician plays his part as a solo, performed "ensemble." Each soloist will end at a different place. Second violin finishes first, then the viola, the cello and lastly the first violin.
The audience is invited to contemplate the total sound produced from multi-directional components.

[@Caligari...]

Wow ! this is new to me . Thanks

[@oscarrocabert6268]

Such great music

[@oscarrocabert6268]

¡Debería estar en un museo! (Harrison Ford, 1981)

[@krisschmolze7260]

A beautiful moment

[@ArenaNath]

El diseño del tiempo, Coleman ha construido el ritmo de otro latido, ha fundado en ésta pieza otra máscara de un reloj ilegible.

[@pelodelperro]

Wow. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@newmusicmb9995]

+pelodelperro Hi, thanks so much for listening. I was blown away when I first heard this. Ornette was such a unique musical personality.

[@jaro3301]

Great

[@oscarrocabert6268]

Very similar to the late Catalan avant-garde composer Mestres Quadreny

[@victorrodriguez-sandoval4580]

This is too much. Ornette has to have an equestrial statue in Times Square.

[@ArturoVillanueva71039]

Totally agree

[@victorrodriguez-sandoval4580]

Arturo Villanueva Querido, jajá. Iríamos juntos a ver cómo la inauguraban.

[@steveyankou4144]

víctor Rodríguez-Sandoval somebody get on that pettition

[@bikemike1118]

But not for this album!

[@northwoodplace286]

Weirdly reminiscent of Franco-Hungarian Jazz-RIO maverick sax and piano player/composer, Yochk'o Seffer.

[@murattaner7384]

a lot of music sound boring after ornette . I am not the first one to say that Charles Mingus said this in 1960 (downbeat)

[@oscarrocabert6268]

Reminds me of Gyorgy Ligeti

[@emilianoturazzi]

definitely not - nothing to share with...

[@shmuliknemanov4009]

@@emilianoturazzi check out his violin concerto slow mov

[@oscarrocabert6268]

Take me to the church on time

[@oscarrocabert6268]

Sunny side up

[@bikemike1118]

…over easy

[@drwonderland]

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