Every now and than, Ornette Coleman's signature tune 'Lonely woman' from his seminal 1959 album The Shap of jazz to come nests itself on top of all other songs and compositions I know and I start listening to it very regularly over a period of a couple of days.

It's a rather simple composition, but in my opinion a real gem to cherish.

YouTube has a video of the original song, but the sound has been removed from it ( ) so it's rather pointless to post that one here.

Here's the version from the Ornette Coleman concert I attended last year in Brussels - probably the best concert I ever attended:


Are there other 'Lonely woman'-adepts on ATU? Haters? Favorite covers? etc.

One of the few vocalists to take it one just died--Chris Connor.

There's a sample here:

http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Woman-LP-Version/dp/B00124481K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1252055681&sr=8-2

I misread the title as "Lovely Women Appreciation Thread".

Lovely and Lonely would be good.

Is that a Bono avater? If so, I don't think you're going about the right way picking up lonely and lovely chicks on the net.

But hey, what do I know? Afterall, I have a Superman IV picture.

A beautiful version by the Pat Metheny Trio from 1986 featuring Charlie Haden, who was part of the "legendary" Ornette Coleman quartet that recorded the original 'Lonely woman'.

Pat changes the tempo of the song to a more laid-back atmosphere that fits his warm and rich accustic guitar playing perfectly.

Ah, Johnny Depp now. Nice move.

Nah, just kidding. That was Pat doing the Horace Silver tune that's also called 'Lonely woman'.
Still a great tune nevertheless.

Anyway here's a fairly straight away piano version by a pianist called Mark Costabi: