Michele K-tel salutes the harmolodics of ORNETTE COLEMAN and other musical rule breakers. “It sounds like a melody but it’s not a melody.” — Ornette Coleman

Playlist 6.18.15

Ornette Coleman “Rise And Shine” (previously unreleased) Beauty Is A Rare Thing – Complete Atlantic Recordings (Rhino)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble “Ornette” Dance with the Ancestors (Chameleon)
Rabih Abou-Khalil “Ornette Never Sleeps” Al-Jadida (Enja)
Ornette Coleman “Macho Woman” Hidden Man (Polygram)
Ornette Coleman “Heard It Over The Radio” Beauty Is A Rare Thing – Complete Atlantic Recordings (Rhino)
Ornette Coleman “La Capella” Tone Dialing (Harmolodic)

Vetiver “Current Carry” Complete Strangers (Easy Sound)
The Be Good Tanyas “Ship Out On The Sea” Chinatown (Nettwerk)
The Carter Family “Waves On The Sea” The Acme Sessions 1952/56 (JSP)
Beach House “On the Sea” Bloom (Sub Pop)

Dimas III “So Funny Royal” Jesters: English Oldies (Numero Group)
Polar Bear “We Feel the Echoes” Same as You (the Leaf Label)
Colleen “Humming Fields” The Weighing of the Heart (Second Language Music)
Colleen “Soul Alphabet” Captain of None (Thrill Jockey)
Royal Jesters “Afro-Lypso” Royal Jesters: English Oldies (Numero Group)
Dafnis Prieto Sextet “Two for One” Triangles and Circles (Dafnison)

Girlpool “Slutmouth” Girlpool (Wichita)
Bratmobile “Are You A Lady?” Girls Get Busy (Lookout!)
Marc Bolan & T.Rex “Lady” The Slider
Deradoorian “A Beautiful Woman” The Expanding Flower Planet
Mary Afi Usuah “Ima Mma Uyem” Ekpenyong Abasi (Voodoo Funk)
Mbongwana Star “Suzanna” From Kinshasa (World Circuit)
Ty Segall “Tall Man Skinny Lady” Manipulator (Drag City)

Tara Jane O’Neil “At Last The Night Has Ended” Remembering Mountains : Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton (Tompkins Square)