Virgin Beauty

Studio album by Ornette Coleman

Released

1988

Genre

Jazz

Length

44:49

Label

Portrait

Ornette Coleman chronology

In All Languages
(1987)

Virgin Beauty
(1988)

Naked Lunch soundtrack
(1991)

Virgin Beauty is an album by Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time ensemble. It was released by Portrait Records in 1988.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow notes that "The music is frequently exciting, but will take several listens to absorb. Worth investigating". ^[1]

Track listing

"3 Wishes" – 4:23
"Bourgeois Boogie" – 5:11
"Happy Hour" – 4:49
"Virgin Beauty" – 3:34
"Healing the Feeling" – 5:21
"Singing in the Shower" – 4:26
"Desert Players" – 4:24
"Honeymooners" – 4:24
"Chanting" – 3:01
"Spelling the Alphabet" – 1:30
"Unknown Artist" – 4:12

Personnel

Ornette Coleman – saxophone, trumpet, violin
Denardo Coleman – drums, keyboards, percussion
Charles Ellerbie – guitar
Jerry Garcia – Guitar on "3 Wishes", "Singing in the Shower", "Desert Players"
Albert MacDowell – bass
Bern Nix – guitar
Chris Walker – bass
Calvin Weston – Drums

References

1 2 Yanow, Scott. Ornette Coleman & Prime Time – Virgin Beauty > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
↑ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 152. ISBN 0679737294.

Ornette Coleman

Studio albums	Something Else!!!! (1958) Tomorrow Is the Question! (1959) The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) Change of the Century (1959) This Is Our Music (1960) Free Jazz (1960) Ornette! (1961) Ornette on Tenor (1961) Chappaqua Suite (1965) The Empty Foxhole (1966) New York Is Now! (1968) Love Call (1968) Ornette at 12 (1968) Science Fiction (1971) Skies of America (1972) Dancing in Your Head (1976) Body Meta (1976) Soapsuds, Soapsuds (1977) Of Human Feelings (1982) Song X (1986) In All Languages (1987) Virgin Beauty (1988) Tone Dialing (1995) Sound Museum: Hidden Man (1996) Sound Museum: Three Women (1996)

Compilation albums	The Art of the Improvisers (1970) Twins (1971) To Whom Who Keeps a Record (1975) Broken Shadows (1982) Beauty Is a Rare Thing (1995)

Live albums	Town Hall, 1962 (1965) At the "Golden Circle" Vol. 1 & 2 (1965) Crisis (1969) Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street (1970) Opening the Caravan of Dreams (1985) Prime Design/Time Design (1986) Colors: Live from Leipzig (1997) Sound Grammar (2006)

Related	Discography

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