Modern improvisational jazz starts here. With one quartet placed in the left stereo channel and another situated in the right Free Jazz unloads with two simultaneously playing rhythm sections and a 37-minute-plus title cut devised entirely on the spot. Distinctive from the copycat attempts that followed this 1960 magnum opus claims melody and harmony solidifying Ornette Coleman?s reputation as a compositional genius. Of course the presence of Don Cherry Scott LaFaro Billy Higgins in the left channel and Coleman Freddie Hubbard Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell in the right doesn t hurt. Mastered from the original master tapes ORG Music s analog edition has turned this classic into an audiophile spectacular. Due to the presentation of the recording in two distinct stereo channels this album supremely benefits from the label s mastering efforts and decision to expand the music into wider grooves. Prepare for a mind-blowing experience.