Friends & Neighbors LP (Flying Dutchman) Pro Audio These recordings were made in

These recordings were made in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Stepney's Southside Chicago home before his untimely passing in 1976

defiant and bracing as ever

on one level

Inspired by the whole tradition

David Sanford is the composer of most of the disc with the exception of the title track which is from the pen of guest conductor Hugh Ragin and a Dizzy Gillespie cover

Friends & Neighbors LP (Flying Dutchman) Pro Audio These recordings were made inPart of the Flying Dutchman Jazz Classics series, delivering classic and rare albums from this important label. All feature the original artwork and new sleeve notes and are taken from original source tapes with bonus tracks where available. This is an unusual album in Ornette Coleman's catalogue, and one most critics passed by. It provides a special insight into the free jazz pioneer's way of working in the early 70s.