New Ornette Coleman Box Set Features Tributes from Diverse Array of Artists 

New recordings by today’s top jazz visionaries will add to Ornette Coleman’s enduring legacy.

Celebrate Ornette, a deluxe, limited-edition box set paying tribute to the legendary saxophonist/bandleader, will be released on Sound X Records on Jan. 29, 2016.

Curated by Coleman’s son and longtime collaborator Denardo, the set will comprise four LPs, three CDs, two DVDs, extensive liner notes, exclusive photographs, a Coleman poster featuring an image by renowned Italian photographer Elena Carminati and a program from the June 2015 memorial service honoring Coleman’s passing, signed by Denardo.

Most of the material on the new box set was derived from Celebrate Ornette: The Music of Ornette Coleman, a 2014 concert held at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell. This concert, a salute to Coleman’s contributions to modern music, featured a performance by the saxophonist.

Other musicians on hand to pay homage that day included Bill Laswell, Branford Marsalis, Bruce Hornsby, Flea, David Murray, Geri Allen, Henry Threadgill, James Blood Ulmer, Joe Lovano, John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Nels Cline, Patti Smith, Ravi Coltrane, Savion Glover, Thurston Moore and the Master Musicians of Jajouka. Sonny Rollins addressed the crowd and offered kind words about his friend but did not perform.

Ornette passed away on June 11, just as a live recording of the Celebrate Ornette tribute concert was being prepared for release.

The saxophonist’s memorial service, held June 27 at Manhattan’s Riverside Church, saw inspired tributes and performances by many of Coleman’s fans and followers, among them Pharoah Sanders, Cecil Taylor, Henry Threadgill, Jason Moran, Jack DeJohnette, Savion Glover, David Murray, Joe Lovano, Al MacDowell, Charnett Moffett, and members of Ornette’s renowned Prime Time band, including Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Charles Ellerbe, Bern Nix, Ken Wessel, Chris Rosenberg and Dave Bryant.

An exclusive recording of this service will be available on the new box set, which was mixed by S. Husky Hoskulds, mastered by Ted Jensen and pressed on 180 gram vinyl at United Record Pressing in Nashville.

(Note: For more information, or to pre-order a copy of Celebrate Ornette, click http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ornettecoleman" rel="nofollow - here . To read a recap of Ornette Coleman’s June 27 memorial service, click http://downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=2758" rel="nofollow - here . To read a review of the 2014 Ornette Coleman tribute concert in Brooklyn, click http://downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=2431" rel="nofollow - here ).

from  www.downbeat.com