The Art Of The Improvisers

Tracklist

A1	The Circle With A Hole In The Middle	4:53
A2	Just For You	3:48
A3	The Fifth Of Beethoven	6:35
A4	The Alchemy Of Scott La Faro	8:48
B1	Moon Inhabitants	4:28
B2	The Legend Of Bebop	7:14
B3	Harlem's Manhattan	8:10

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
• Mastered At – Longwear Plating
• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
• Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
• Recorded At – Radio Recorders

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Painting [Cover], Written-By – Ornette Coleman
• Bass – Charlie Haden (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2), Jimmy Garrison (tracks: B3), Scott LaFaro (tracks: A4)
• Compiled By, Edited By [Re-Mix Editor] – Ilhan Mimaroglu
• Cornet, Trumpet – Don Cherry
• Design [Cover] – Haig Adishian
• Drums – Billy Higgins (tracks: A1, A2), Ed Blackwell (tracks: A3 to B3)
• Engineer – Bones Howe (tracks: A1, A2), Tom Dowd (tracks: A3 to B3)
• Engineer [Re-Mix] – Geoffrey Haslam
• Liner Notes – Martin Williams
• Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun

Notes

Recorded in New York, May 22, 1959 - March, 1961.

Green and red label.

"Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N. Y., N.Y.
A Warner Communication Company" printed on label

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side A): ST-A-701965 A AT DR aB W
• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side B): ST-A-701966 A LW AT aB aB W
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side A): ST-A-701965-PR
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side B): ST-A-701966-PR

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 1572	Ornette Coleman	The Art Of The Improvisers ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 1572	US	1970
M 51572	Ornette Coleman	The Art Of The Improvisers ‎(Cass, Album)	Atlantic	M 51572	US	1970
SD 1572, K 40112	Ornette Coleman	The Art Of The Improvisers ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic, Atlantic	SD 1572, K 40112	US	1971
SD 1572	Ornette Coleman	The Art Of The Improvisers ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	SD 1572	US	Unknown
90978-1	Ornette Coleman	The Art Of The Improvisers ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	90978-1	US	1988