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Almost as startling as the musical innovations here is the price of this set: eight LPs from the peak period of Ornette’s powers and inspiration. This is the golden age of free jazz: "Something Else," "Tomorrow Is the Question!," "The Shape of Jazz to Come," "Change of the Century," "Ornette," "Free Jazz," "This Is Our Music" and "Ornette on Tenor." Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, Shelly Manne, Percy Heath, Charlie Haden, Scott LaFaro, Eric Dolphy and Freddie Hubbard are among those along for the wild ride as you hear "The Blessing," "Jayne," "Tomorrow Is the Question!," "Tears Inside," "Compassion," "Lonely Woman," "Congeniality," "W.R.U.," the 37-minute "Free Jazz," "Blue Connotation," "Embraceable You," "Cross Breeding" and more! Enlightenment.