Mandell’s platonic visions of individual harmony
Howard Mandell, in his 3/22 NY Press article gives this nice definition of jazz, or as he puts it, “freedom,” as practiced by Ornette Coleman: [The New School Alums] took the opportunity to do anything to determine exactly what they wanted to do together. They served the music by learning about each other and trusting themselves. They created an ensemble in which each could star by shaping preconceived material as they individually felt it, and how their colleagues, felt it, as well.