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Putting your manifesto as your album title is a risky move, but if you’re a forward-thinking innovator like jazz legend Ornette Coleman, then chances are you’ll pay no mind to naysayers. The future-facing LP from 1959 was arguably the first avant-garde jazz release, though some may say Charles Mingus or Cecil Taylor beat him to the punch by a few months. ‘The Shape of Jazz to Come’ predicted and paved way for the stranger strains of jazz (like free jazz) to come through, though this isn’t some unlistenable improvised schronk fest, if you dig Eric Dolphy or later Miles Davis, then you’ll be into this classic.
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