All we are saying is give harmolodics a chance… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmolo...
Harmolodics - Wikipedia
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September 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
All we are saying is give harmolodics a chance… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmolo...
The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career. n.pr/4ximlwq
James Blood Ulmer, avant-garde electric guitarist and singer, has died at 86
The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career.
n.pr
June 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career. n.pr/4ximlwq
i miss jon hassell,
i miss leon parker!
these are the . . . harmolodics
>sault<
#jazzsky
youtu.be/0wsu3It5ToQ?...
i miss leon parker!
these are the . . . harmolodics
>sault<
#jazzsky
youtu.be/0wsu3It5ToQ?...
Harmolodics - Sault - Live At The Alluvion
YouTube video by The Alluvion
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
i miss jon hassell,
i miss leon parker!
these are the . . . harmolodics
>sault<
#jazzsky
youtu.be/0wsu3It5ToQ?...
i miss leon parker!
these are the . . . harmolodics
>sault<
#jazzsky
youtu.be/0wsu3It5ToQ?...
Record of the Day:
I have words for this one, just love
#MusicSky #Music #VinylSky
#JazzSky #OrnetteColeman #PrimeTime #Harmolodics #FreeJazz #AvantGardeJazz
I have words for this one, just love
#MusicSky #Music #VinylSky
#JazzSky #OrnetteColeman #PrimeTime #Harmolodics #FreeJazz #AvantGardeJazz
February 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Record of the Day:
I have words for this one, just love
#MusicSky #Music #VinylSky
#JazzSky #OrnetteColeman #PrimeTime #Harmolodics #FreeJazz #AvantGardeJazz
I have words for this one, just love
#MusicSky #Music #VinylSky
#JazzSky #OrnetteColeman #PrimeTime #Harmolodics #FreeJazz #AvantGardeJazz
At the show last night someone shouted out ‘harmolodics’
March 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM
At the show last night someone shouted out ‘harmolodics’
RIP James Blood UImer. My obit for NPR Music.
James Blood Ulmer, avant-garde electric guitarist and singer, has died at 86
The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career.
www.npr.org
June 8, 2026 at 10:49 PM
RIP James Blood UImer. My obit for NPR Music.
Jeff Schwarz, Free Jazz. Matter-of-fact 2022 overview of the music since Coleman, w/ semi-technical descriptions of harmolodics & the compositional systems of Braxton, Threadgill, etc. Treats surrounding racial issues w/o polemics. Can't imagine anyone covering this topic better in 125 p. #readin26.
September 29, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Jeff Schwarz, Free Jazz. Matter-of-fact 2022 overview of the music since Coleman, w/ semi-technical descriptions of harmolodics & the compositional systems of Braxton, Threadgill, etc. Treats surrounding racial issues w/o polemics. Can't imagine anyone covering this topic better in 125 p. #readin26.
RIP James ‘Blood’ Ulmer - “Jazz is the Teacher (Funk Is the Preacher)” blew my mind when I heard it on C81, the NME / Rough Trade cassette compilation. Scorching guitarist + I like his Jimi-ish vocals too. Still don’t really know what “harmolodics” is though youtu.be/L_2gFCZ3Kb8
James 'Blood' Ulmer "Jazz Is The Teacher (Funk Is The Preacher)"
YouTube video by SoulStylistJukeBox
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June 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
RIP James ‘Blood’ Ulmer - “Jazz is the Teacher (Funk Is the Preacher)” blew my mind when I heard it on C81, the NME / Rough Trade cassette compilation. Scorching guitarist + I like his Jimi-ish vocals too. Still don’t really know what “harmolodics” is though youtu.be/L_2gFCZ3Kb8
"I read Playboy for the harmolodics."
March 4, 2026 at 4:58 AM
"I read Playboy for the harmolodics."
Tales
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #harmolodics #ornette
Obscured credits: 'Tales If Captain Black' by James Blood
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #harmolodics #ornette
Obscured credits: 'Tales If Captain Black' by James Blood
June 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Tales
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #harmolodics #ornette
Obscured credits: 'Tales If Captain Black' by James Blood
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #harmolodics #ornette
Obscured credits: 'Tales If Captain Black' by James Blood
The guitarist and bouzouki player discusses 'Brooklyn Stories 1–5', his five-CD set of duos and small groups for Infrequent Seams, the years of wordless playing alongside Bern Nix, and what harmolodics can mean on a nylon-string classical guitar.
The Long Silence Behind Ayman Fanous's Guitar:
The Long Silence Behind Ayman Fanous's Guitar:
The Long Silence Behind Ayman Fanous’s Guitar
The guitarist and bouzouki player discusses 'Brooklyn Stories 1–5', his five-CD set of duos and small groups for Infrequent Seams, the years of wordless playing alongside Bern Nix that shaped his ear, and what harmolodics can mean on a nylon-string classical guitar.
www.thetonearm.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The guitarist and bouzouki player discusses 'Brooklyn Stories 1–5', his five-CD set of duos and small groups for Infrequent Seams, the years of wordless playing alongside Bern Nix, and what harmolodics can mean on a nylon-string classical guitar.
The Long Silence Behind Ayman Fanous's Guitar:
The Long Silence Behind Ayman Fanous's Guitar:
Trying to remember where I saw him play (it was a long time ago). This album is so fresh.
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #harmolodics
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #harmolodics
June 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Trying to remember where I saw him play (it was a long time ago). This album is so fresh.
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #harmolodics
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #harmolodics
Like a Tom Verlaine cover of Captain Beefheart with a generous splash of Ulmerian harmolodics mixed in. De-light-ful!
June 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Like a Tom Verlaine cover of Captain Beefheart with a generous splash of Ulmerian harmolodics mixed in. De-light-ful!
just smells funny
February 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
just smells funny
Two that come to mind immediately: Elliott Carter (at 90) in '98, generously giving me 4 hours at his Connecticut home & feeding me lunch; Ornette Coleman--sweet, gentle, unguarded--spending 4.5 hours w/me at his NY loft in '04, including handing me his alto to play & giving me a harmolodics lesson.
Screw "never meeting your heroes." What were some times you met your heroes and they were super cool?
May 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Two that come to mind immediately: Elliott Carter (at 90) in '98, generously giving me 4 hours at his Connecticut home & feeding me lunch; Ornette Coleman--sweet, gentle, unguarded--spending 4.5 hours w/me at his NY loft in '04, including handing me his alto to play & giving me a harmolodics lesson.
Toronto is the best fucking city in the world:
Harmolodics and Lavender Town
at
Drom Taberna
then
Alpha Shawarma
Walk home a happy man.
Harmolodics and Lavender Town
at
Drom Taberna
then
Alpha Shawarma
Walk home a happy man.
March 21, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Toronto is the best fucking city in the world:
Harmolodics and Lavender Town
at
Drom Taberna
then
Alpha Shawarma
Walk home a happy man.
Harmolodics and Lavender Town
at
Drom Taberna
then
Alpha Shawarma
Walk home a happy man.
Requiescat Blood Ulmer, fantastically original guitarist who absorbed harmolodics completely and developed his own take on it over the course of about a million records. Go lean on Odyssey or Tales of Captain Black or Black Rock or Freelancin' and see how it feels
June 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Requiescat Blood Ulmer, fantastically original guitarist who absorbed harmolodics completely and developed his own take on it over the course of about a million records. Go lean on Odyssey or Tales of Captain Black or Black Rock or Freelancin' and see how it feels
Wild thought: Ornette Coleman is the Arnold Schoenberg of jazz. His concept of harmolodics is intriguing and he was just about the only person who could create listenable music using it.
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wild thought: Ornette Coleman is the Arnold Schoenberg of jazz. His concept of harmolodics is intriguing and he was just about the only person who could create listenable music using it.
The Bonnie Tyler and Shakin' Stevens of harmolodics.
July 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Bonnie Tyler and Shakin' Stevens of harmolodics.
March 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Don't worry, almost nobody does, including jazz people. The best explanation of it I've seen is Ethan Iverson's ethaniverson.com/rhythm-and-b...
Ornette 1: Forms and Sounds
Before he invented Harmolodics, Ornette Coleman was comparatively direct in conversation. Gunther Schuller’s probing questions make the following interview an especially important document. G…
ethaniverson.com
June 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Don't worry, almost nobody does, including jazz people. The best explanation of it I've seen is Ethan Iverson's ethaniverson.com/rhythm-and-b...