Prime Time (band) explained

Prime Time
Years Active:1975–1995, 2017
Label:Horizon Records
Artists House
Antilles Records
Portrait Records
Harmolodic/Verve Records
Associated Acts:Ornette Coleman
Past Members:Charles Ellerbee
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Denardo Coleman
Kenny Wessel
Bern Nix
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Albert MacDowell
Sabir Kamal
Dave Bryant

Prime Time was an American free funk band formed by Ornette Coleman in 1975.[1] [2] [3] The band utilized Coleman's theory of harmolodics to create their music.[4] Founding members included guitarists Bern Nix and guitarist Charles Ellerbee, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and drummers Denardo Coleman and Ronald Shannon Jackson.[5] [6] Later members included bassist Albert MacDowell and drummer Sabir Kamal.[1]

Ornette's first album with Prime Time was Dancing in Your Head, released in 1977. Their 1988 album Virgin Beauty, which featured guest appearances by Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, was their most successful, peaking at number two on Billboard Jazz Albums chart and selling more in its first year than any previous Coleman record. Prime Time would later open for Grateful Dead at a 1993 concert at the Oakland Coliseum.[7]

In 2017, two years after Ornette's death, Denardo reunited Prime Time for a concert at Alice Tully Hall in tribute to both Ornette and Bern Nix, who had died earlier that year.[8]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Palmer. Robert. Robert Palmer (American writer). The Pop Life; Ornette Coleman's Music Develops in Prime Time. The New York Times. July 16, 1986. November 18, 2019. October 2, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002202510/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/16/arts/the-pop-life-ornette-coleman-s-music-develops-in-prime-time.html. live.
  2. Fricke. David. Ornette Coleman's Time. Rolling Stone. March 8, 1989. November 18, 2019. December 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191212222336/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ornette-colemans-time-64196/. live.
  3. Web site: Jones. Mickey IQ. How Ornette Coleman's Prime Time broke the rules and influenced generations. Fact. June 26, 2016. November 18, 2019. August 19, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180819235838/http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/23/ornette-coleman-best-albums/. live.
  4. Web site: Davis. Francis. Ornette's Permanent Revolution. The Atlantic. September 1985. November 18, 2019. July 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727013645/https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/jazz/dornette.htm. live.
  5. Web site: Tamarkin. Jeff. Drummer & Composer Ronald Shannon Jackson Dies at 73. Jazz Times. October 19, 2013. November 18, 2019. May 24, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240524123655/https://jazztimes.com/. live.
  6. Web site: Shteamer. Hank. In Memoriam: Ronald Shannon Jackson. Modern Drummer. April 2014. November 18, 2019. August 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190812131330/https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/april-2014-ronald-shannon-jackson/. live.
  7. Web site: Ornette and Grateful Dead. WCBN. November 18, 2019.
  8. Web site: Chinen. Nate. Denardo Coleman Reunites Prime Time, In Harmolodic Tribute to His Father, Ornette. WBGO. July 13, 2017. November 18, 2019. May 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507154011/http://wbgo.org/post/denardo-coleman-reunites-prime-time-harmolodic-tribute-his-father-ornette. live.

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