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Old 01-31-2014, 07:35 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SATCHMO View Post
It's been a while since I've listened to either of those albums, but of the two, Ascension has more moments bordering on musical coherence. Free Jazz, As much as I love Ornette Coleman, is pretty much pure chaos to my ears.
I feel the exact opposite. It's surely because I've listened to Free Jazz many more times than Ascension. I'm not going to say it's better but Free Jazz sounds more coherent to me.
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