Tone Dialing is an album by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....

 recorded in 1995 and released on the Harmelodic/Verve

Verve Records

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 label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

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 awarded the album 4 stars stating "despite the inclusion of one obnoxious rap, this free funk set is well worth picking up by open-minded listeners".

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated

1. "Street Blues" - 4:58
2. "Search for Life" - 7:32
3. "Guadalupe" - 4:10
4. "Bach Prelude" (Johann Sebastian Bach
   Johann Sebastian Bach
   Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
   
   ) - 5:40
5. "Sound Is Everywhere" - 3:34
6. "Miguel's Fortune" - 6:04
7. "La Capella" - 4:32
8. "O.A.C." - 3:47
9. "If I Knew as Much About You (As You Know About Me)" - 2:36
10. "When Will I See You Again" - 2:46
11. "Kathelin Gray" (Coleman, Pat Metheny
    Pat Metheny
    Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
    
    ) - 4:41
12. "Badal" - 4:42
13. "Tone Dialing" - 1:45
14. "Family Reunion" - 4:07
15. "Local Instinct" - 2:56
16. "Ying Yang" - 2:56

Personnel

• Ornette Coleman
  Ornette Coleman
  Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
  
   - alto saxophone
  Alto saxophone
  The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
  
  , trumpet
  Trumpet
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  , violin
  Violin
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• Dave Bryant - keyboards
• Chris Rosenberg, Ken Wessel - guitar
  Guitar
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• Bradley Jones, Al MacDowell - bass
  Electric Bass
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• Chris Walker
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   - bass, keyboards
• Denardo Coleman
  Denardo Coleman
  Denardo Ornette Coleman is an American jazz drummer. He is the son of Ornette Coleman and Jayne Cortez.Denardo Coleman began playing drums at age six; his first appearance on record was on his father's 1966 album The Empty Foxhole; Ornette later featured Denardo on many of his releases, and he...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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• Badal Roy
  Badal Roy
  Badal Roy is a tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz, world music, and experimental music.-Biography:...
  
   - tabla
  Tabla
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  , percussion
• Avenda Khadija, Moishe Nalm - vocals