Re: Sam Rivers: The Oldest Living Acid-Jazzer?

Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
25 Sep 96 11:41:00 -0800


> how old is ornette coleman?

gr> I believe he is 66.

> tone dialing, his most recent record (at least
> a year old now, i think) starts off w/beat oriented stuff--the 2nd tune
> features a female rapper.

gr> Yeah -- I heard some of the record. But his take on "acid-jazz" is
gr> considerably less groove-oriented than Rivers', I think.

unfortunately, i haven't heard what sam's done in this bag, so i can't comment
on that, *but* i happen to know that ornette may be moving in more of a groove
direction...

t-bird