As the 1960s dawned, post-bop Jazz was finally ready to make the social, political and musical statements previously considered outside its remit. Miles Davis’ liberating Kind of Blue, Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out, with its unorthodox time signatures, Charles Mingus’ Mingus Ah Um, created with a vision that anticipated post-modernism, and Ornette Coleman’s Shape of Jazz to Come, on which rules took second place to expressionism, allow 1959 to be identified as a landmark year for the changes that would shake up the musicians and audience alike.
DISC 1 Miles Davis – ‘Kind Of Blue’
1. So What 2. Freddie Freeloader 3. Blue In Green 4. All Blues 5. Flamenco Sketches
Bonus Tracks
6. Generique (from ‘Ascenseur pour l’echafaud') 1957 7. Milestones (from ‘Milestones’) 1957 8. On Green Dolphin Street (From LP ‘Jazz Track’) 1959 9. Fran-Dance (from ‘Jazz Track’) 1959 10. Stella By Starlight (From ‘Jazz Track’) 1959
Total time: 75:11
DISC 2 Ornette Coleman – ‘The Shape Of Jazz To Come’
1. Lonely Woman 2. Eventually 3. Peace 4. Focus On Sanity 5. Congeniality 6. Chronology
Bonus Tracks
7. Invisible 1958 (from ‘Something Else!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman’) 8. The Blessing 1958 (from ‘Something Else!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman’) 9. The Sphinx 1958 (from ‘Something Else!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman’) 10. The Disguise 1958 (from ‘Something Else!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman’) 11. Ramblin’ 1959 (from ‘Change Of The Century’) 12. Free 1959 (from ‘Change Of The Century’) 13. Una Muy Bonita 1959 (from ‘Change Of The Century’) 14. Change Of The Century 1959 (from ‘Change Of The Century’)
Total time: 78:00
DISC 3 Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
1. Better Git It In Your Soul 7:22 2. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 5:43 3. Boogie Stop Shuffle 5:00 4. Self-Portrait In Three Colors 3:04 5. Open Letter To Duke 5:50 6. Bird Calls 6:19 7: Fables Of Faubus 8:12 8. Pussy Cat Dues 9:15 9: Jelly Roll 6:15
Bonus Tracks
10. Slop 1959 (from album ‘Mingus Dynasty’) 11. Song With Orange 1959 (from album ‘Mingus Dynasty’) 12. Mood Indigo 1959 (from album ‘Mingus Dynasty’)
Total time: 78:50
DISC 4 Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
1, Blue Rondo A La Turk 2. Strange Meadow Lark 3. Take Five 4. Three To Get Ready 5. Kathy’s Waltz 6. Everybody’s Jumpin’ 7. Pick Up Sticks
Bonus Tracks
8. Nomad 1958 (from album ‘Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia’) 9. Brandenburg Gate 1958 (from ‘Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia’) 10. One Moment Worth Years 1958 (from ‘Jazz Goes To Junior College’)
Total time: 61:35