Old And New Dreams Leader Entry
by Michael Fitzgerald

Generated on Sun, Oct 02, 2011


Date: October 1976
Location: Generation Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Black Saint

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (mus, ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d, gng)

a. a-01    Handwoven - 6:53  (Ornette Coleman)
b. a-02    Dewey's Tune [aka Venus And Mars] - 5:52  (Dewey Redman)
c. a-03    Chairman Mao - 7:33  (Charlie Haden)
d. b-01    Next To The Quiet Stream - 6:42  (Don Cherry)
e. b-02    Augmented - 10:05  (Don Cherry)
f. b-03    Old And New Dreams - 6:26  (Dewey Redman)
All titles on:      Black Saint LP 12": BSR 0013 — Old And New Dreams   
     Black Saint CD: 120 013-2 — Old And New Dreams   

Dewey Redman (mus) on f; (ts) on a-e; Ed Blackwell (gng) on c, f.

On c. a pre-existing recording of a Chinese vocalist is superimposed on the performance.


Date: December 31, 1978
Location: Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t, p), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House - 10:35  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    Chairman Mao - 11:29  (Charlie Haden)
c. 03    Broken Shadows  (Ornette Coleman)
d. 03    Guinea  (Don Cherry)
e. 03    Togo  (Traditional, Ed Blackwell)
f. 03    Street Woman - 32:37  (Ornette Coleman)

c, d, e, f performed as medley.

Don Cherry (p) on d.

Broadcast on National Public Radio "Jazz Alive" program. Spoken introduction by Leon Thomas (0:46) precedes the first selection.


Date: March 22, 1979
Location: Museum Of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: March 23 & 24, 1979
Location: Public Theater, New York City
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: March 25, 1979
Location: Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: March 30 & 31, 1979
Location: Star Tavern, Philadelphia, PA
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 1, 1979
Location: Gilly's, Dayton, OH
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 2, 1979
Location: Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 3, 1979
Location: Children's Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 5, 1979
Location: Punch & Judy, Grosse Point, MI
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 6 & 7, 1979
Location: Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 8, 1979
Location: Blue Onion, Norman, OK
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 9, 1979
Location: Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 11, 1979
Location: Rosy's, New Orleans, LA
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 12, 1979
Location: Tempe, AZ
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 13, 1979
Location: University Of California, Davis, CA
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 17, 1979
Location: The Earth, Portland, OR
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: April 18 & 19, 1979
Location: Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: between July 13-15, 1979
Location: North Sea Jazz Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: July 21, 1979
Location: Nervi, Italy
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House - 13:58  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    Chairman Mao - 14:29  (Charlie Haden)
c. 03    Dewey's Tune [aka Venus And Mars] - 11:05  (Dewey Redman)
d. 04    Guinea - 5:07  (Don Cherry)
e. 05    Lonely Woman  (Ornette Coleman)
f. 05    Open Or Close - 18:41  (Ornette Coleman)

e, f performed as medley.


Date: August 1979
Location: Talent Studio, Oslo, Norway
Label: ECM

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (mus, ts, chk), Don Cherry (t, p, per, v), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d, cwb)

a. a-01    Lonely Woman - 12:18  (Ornette Coleman)
b. a-02    Togo - 5:36  (Traditional, Ed Blackwell)
c. a-03    Guinea - 5:29  (Don Cherry)
d. b-01    Open Or Close - 8:05  (Ornette Coleman)
e. b-02    Orbit Of La-Ba - 7:24  (Dewey Redman)
f. b-03    Song For The Whales - 7:45  (Charlie Haden)
All titles on:      ECM LP 12": 1154 — Old And New Dreams   
     ECM CD: 78118-21154-2 — Old And New Dreams   

Dewey Redman (mus) on e; (ts) on a-d, f; (chk) on e; Don Cherry (p) on c; (per) on e; (v) on b; Ed Blackwell (cwb) on b.

Redman overdubbed multiple musette parts on e.


Date: August 1, 1979
Location: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. I - 01    Happy House - 12:53  (Ornette Coleman)
b. I - 02    Chairman Mao - 12:13  (Charlie Haden)
c. I - 03    Dewey's Tune [aka Venus And Mars] - 12:14  (Dewey Redman)
d. I - 04    Lonely Woman - 13:53  (Ornette Coleman)
e. I - 05    The Sphinx - 8:58  (Ornette Coleman)
f. II - 02    Guinea - 6:14  (Don Cherry)
g. II - 03    Broken Shadows - 10:27  (Ornette Coleman)
h. II - 04    Open Or Close - 11:06  (Ornette Coleman)

Additional selection (10:39) - title unknown.


Date: February 29, 1980
Location: Berklee Performance Center, Berklee College Of Music, Boston, MA
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: March 7, 1980
Location: Town Hall, New York City
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: March 28, 1980
Location: University Club, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (mus, ts), Don Cherry (t, p), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. I - 01    Happy House  (Ornette Coleman)
b. I - 02    Broken Shadows  (Ornette Coleman)
c. I - 03    Man On The Moon  (Ornette Coleman)
d. I - 04    Full Moon  (Don Cherry)
e. I - 05    Togo  (Traditional, Ed Blackwell)
f. I - 06    Lonely Woman  (Ornette Coleman)

Dewey Redman (mus) on b; Don Cherry (p) on d.

No details on second show.


Date: April 5, 1980
Location: Inter-Media Arts Center, Bayville, NY
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: May 22, 1980
Location: Teatro Orfeo, Milano, Italy
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House - 11:39  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    New Dream - 11:16  (Ornette Coleman)
c. 03    Guinea - 11:10  (Don Cherry)
d. 04    Lonely Woman - 14:53  (Ornette Coleman)
e. 05    Song For The Whales - 8:47  (Charlie Haden)
f. 06    Togo - 6:24  (Traditional, Ed Blackwell)
g. 08    Broken Shadows - 8:36  (Ornette Coleman)

Additional selection #7 (6:56) - title unknown. Cherry plays both piano and trumpet.


Date: May 23, 1980
Location: 9th International Festival Of New Jazz, Moers, Germany
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House - 6:46  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    Lonely Woman - 12:32  (Ornette Coleman)
c. 03    Rushour - 4:21  (Dewey Redman)
d. 04    Guinea - 11:54  (Don Cherry)

Additional unknown selections (5:22/7:17/7:44).


Date: June 1980
Location: Cornmarket Theater, Bregenz, Austria
Label: ECM

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (mus, ts), Don Cherry (t, p), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. a-01    Happy House - 11:07  (Ornette Coleman)
b. a-02    Mopti - 7:56  (Don Cherry)
c. a-03    New Dream - 9:04  (Ornette Coleman)
d. b-01    Rushour - 7:01  (Dewey Redman)
e. b-02    Broken Shadows - 9:58  (Ornette Coleman)
f. b-03    Playing - 9:46  (Charlie Haden)
All titles on:      ECM LP 12": 1205 — Playing   

Dewey Redman (mus) on e; Don Cherry (p) on b.


Date: July 8, 1980
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    Full Moon  (Don Cherry)
c. 03    Rushour  (Dewey Redman)
d. 04    Lonely Woman  (Ornette Coleman)
e. 05    Open Or Close  (Ornette Coleman)
f. 06    Togo  (Traditional, Ed Blackwell)
g. 07    Guinea  (Don Cherry)
h. 08    Macho Woman  (Ornette Coleman)

Date: May 4-9, 1982
Location: Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Originally scheduled for April 27-May 2, 1982 (see Cadence 5/82 p.93).


Date: May 30, 1982
Location: Lush Life, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: June 5, 1982
Location: Baird Auditorium, National Museum Of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t, p), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House - 13:34  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    Humpty Dumpty - 13:17  (Ornette Coleman)
c. 03    Macho Woman - 7:48  (Ornette Coleman)
d. 04    Song For The Whales - 10:31  (Charlie Haden)
e. 05    Mopti - 11:16  (Don Cherry)
f. 06    Open Or Close - 0:19  (Ornette Coleman)
g. 07    The Sphinx - 9:18  (Ornette Coleman)
h. 08    Lonely Woman - 14:23  (Ornette Coleman)
i. 09    Open Or Close - 2:08  (Ornette Coleman)
j. 10    The Blessing - 7:13  (Ornette Coleman)

Don Cherry (t) on a-d, f-j; (p) on e.


Date: June 9, 1982
Location: Jonathan Swift's, Boston, MA
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    New Dream  (Ornette Coleman)
c. 03    Song For The Whales  (Charlie Haden)
d. 04    Guinea  (Don Cherry)
e. 05    Dewey's Tune [aka Venus And Mars]  (Dewey Redman)

Date: June 12, 1982
Location: Strosacker Auditorium, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: June 13, 1982
Location: Scuppers, Toronto, Canada
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: July 23, 1982
Location: Pisa, Italy
Label: [no known recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: January 17, 1985
Location: Sweet Basil, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House - 12:05  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    Humpty Dumpty - 12:26  (Ornette Coleman)
c. 03    The Sphinx - 13:25  (Ornette Coleman)
d. 04    Mopti - 7:23  (Don Cherry)
e. 05    Lonely Woman - 20:30  (Ornette Coleman)
f. 06    Turnaround - 11:21  (Ornette Coleman)
g. 10    The Blessing - 10:11  (Ornette Coleman)

A spoken introduction (0:25) precedes the first selection.


Date: August 29, 1986
Location: Jazzfest Saalfelden, Saalfelden, Austria
Label: [radio broadcast]

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t, p), Charlie Haden (b), Paul Motian (d)

a. 02    Lonely Woman - 16:15  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 03    The Sphinx - 11:13  (Ornette Coleman)
c. 04    Song For Che - 16:38  (Charlie Haden)
d. 05    Guinea - 7:38  (Don Cherry)

One additional selection (13:26) - title unknown.

Group announced as "All American Jazz Quartet".


Date: November 7, 1987
Location: Ed Blackwell Festival, Atlanta, GA
Label: Black Saint

Old And New Dreams (ldr), Dewey Redman (ts), Don Cherry (t), Charlie Haden (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

a. 01    Happy House - 9:15  (Ornette Coleman)
b. 02    Law Years - 9:00  (Ornette Coleman)
c. 03    Guinea - 8:10  (Don Cherry)
d. 04    Dewey's Tune [aka Venus And Mars] - 11:25  (Dewey Redman)
e. 05    Street Woman - 9:30  (Ornette Coleman)
All titles on:      Black Saint CD: 120 113-2 — A Tribute To Blackwell   

Issues mistakenly list Guinea as "Togo".