Extended Discussion: Free Jazz
Reflections on Music Pieces
Ornette Coleman’s ‘The Lonely Woman’ (TheSenbee) has the saxophone in lead role. With a constant beat from the drum ensemble at the background, the saxophone creates an overture and then follows a main line. The overture is evokes the imagery of a gray overcast sky amidst cornfields, and gives the impression of a beginning or a promise. The middle section, where the saxophone goes into relatively more complex moves, has a series of short sub-pieces that are simple to construct. The piece ends with a modified rendering of the initial saxophone, and the cymbals
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