1968 · Berkeley, CA
by Ornette Coleman (performer); Dore (artist, designer); Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Denardo Coleman, Robert Bradford (performers)
Berkeley, CA: The Greek Theatre, 1968. One-color lithograph handbill designed by legendary psychedelic poster artist Dore, advertising a performance by Ornette Coleman and his ensemble at the Greek Theatre's "Sun Suite Festival" in Berkeley on August 11, 1968.
A watershed period for Coleman, who only two years earlier had made the controversial decision to add his ten-year-old son Denardo to his band as the drummer on the then-criticized and now-classic album, "The Empty Foxhole." The young drummer's unrefined yet highly distinctive style drove Coleman's music into entirely new directions, and becoming his primary drummer, continued to evolve (truncated)
A watershed period for Coleman, who only two years earlier had made the controversial decision to add his ten-year-old son Denardo to his band as the drummer on the then-criticized and now-classic album, "The Empty Foxhole." The young drummer's unrefined yet highly distinctive style drove Coleman's music into entirely new directions, and becoming his primary drummer, continued to evolve (truncated)
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