ESP-Disk' · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Town Hall · 1962

Ornette Coleman

Recorded	Dec 12, 1962
Label	ESP-Disk'
Released	1962
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 61734

The record

A trio in full cry alongside a chamber string quartet, caught live as Coleman pushed past the Atlantic-era quartet sound toward something starker and more vocal. ESP-Disk' later issued the tapes, preserving one of the boldest concert documents of his early-60s search for new forms.

Session personnel

Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone
David Izenzon — bass
Kermit Moore — cello
Charles Moffett — percussion
Julien Barber — viola
Nathan Goldstein — violin
Selwart Clarke — violin

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 48 pressings on file.

1965	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1965	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Laminated Sleeve, Red Label · Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1965	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Laminated Sleeve, White Label · Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1965	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Textured Sleeve
1965	ESP-Disk' · SMJ-7420 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1965	ESP-Disk' · 1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1965	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, Mono
1965	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Textured Sleeve
1967	ESP-Disk' · SMJ-82 — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Stereo
1969	Fontana · SFJL923 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1969	ESP-Disk' · SFJL923 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1969	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1972	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Quadraphonic
1973	ESP-Disk' · ESP-1006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo