Live At The Hillcrest Club 1958

A genuine turning point in jazz history, this record captures a moment when the music was starting to break away from bebop and head somewhere new. It may be the earliest recorded example of what Ornette Coleman would later call “free jazz”, making it an essential document of a real shift in jazz thinking.

This double LP brings together the complete show recorded live at The Hillcrest Club in Los Angeles in 1958, preserving the first rumblings of a revolutionary movement as they happened. For anyone interested in the roots of free jazz, this is a vital listen.