Saturday 13 December 2008

Ornette Coleman & the Grateful Dead live 23rd February 1993 (Oakland Colisseum)

Photo above by Susana Millman
(Taken from the wonderful new book 'GratefulDead365')


Here you can get Ornette Coleman sitting in with the Grateful Dead at the 'Mardi-Gras' gig from the 23rd of February 1993 at the Oakland Colisseum.
Tracks are 'Space - The Other One - Stella Blue - Turn On Your Lovelight & Brokedown Palace'.
Again it would have been interesting to have heard them playing with each other in the seventies when both Ornette and the Dead were exploring new sonic boundaries.
Ornette's son Denardo is also sitting in on percussion in this set.

(Another gig of Ornette and the Dead playing together from later in the year can be found here.
David Murray live with the Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden on September 22nd 1993 can be found here. Use search engine at top for much more Grateful Dead live material on this blog.)

4 comments:

  1. I have a couple of concerts with Branford Marsalis too that I will put up sometime. There was a gig when Miles Davis supported them in 70 (or something like that) at the Fillmore. Just imagine what the outcome could have been if they had jammed!
    Regards/

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  2. "Mona said...
    There was a gig when Miles Davis supported them in 70 (or something like that) at the Fillmore. "
    from the bill graham data base :

    4/9/70 Fillmore West
    Grateful Dead
    Miles Davis Quintet
    Stone The Crows
    Lights: Brotherhood Of Light
    Notes: Also: Clouds

    4/10/70 Fillmore West
    Grateful Dead
    Miles Davis Quintet
    Stone The Crows
    Lights: Brotherhood Of Light
    Notes: Also: Clouds

    4/11/70 Fillmore West
    Grateful Dead
    Miles Davis Quintet
    Stone The Crows
    Lights: Brotherhood Of Light
    Notes: Also: Clouds

    4/12/70 Fillmore West
    Grateful Dead
    Miles Davis Quintet
    Stone The Crows
    Lights: Brotherhood Of Light
    Notes: Also: Clouds

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  3. Thank you for the dates...I really would have loved to have seen this double bill.
    Regards/

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