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Ornette at 12

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Ornette at 12
Live album by
Released1968
RecordedJuly 16, 1968
GenreJazz
Length32:31
LabelImpulse!
Ornette Coleman chronology
Love Call
(1968)
Ornette at 12
(1968)
Crisis
(1969)

Ornette at 12 is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman released on the Impulse! label in 1969.[1]

In 2017, Real Gone Music reissued Ornette at 12 on CD as part of a compilation that also included Crisis.[2][3]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Don't be put off by the critics; Ornette at 12 is a fine, enjoyable album".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Rolling Stone(positive) [5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Ornette Coleman
  1. "C.O.D." – 7:25
  2. "Rainbows" – 8:56
  3. "New York" – 8:13
  4. "Bells and Chimes" – 7:15

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Ornette Coleman discography accessed November 11, 2010
  2. ^ Collar, Matt. "Ornette Coleman: Ornette at 12/Crisis". AllMusic. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  3. ^ "Two rare Ornette Coleman albums to be reissued as double CD". The Wire. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Olewnick, B. AllMusic Review accessed November 11, 2010
  5. ^ Winner, Langdon (17 May 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone (33). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 17.