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Released on Contemporary, also Wagon Wheels (Sonny Rollins), Anthropology (Art Pepper) and Bernie’s Tune (Art Pepper)
Part of Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman, also Angel Voice, The Disguise and Alpha
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Ornette Coleman wrote 81 songs on fono
Ornette Coleman’s most frequent co-writer is Pat Metheny (5 songs together)
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Ornette Coleman
- Performed by
- Billy Higgins, Don Cherry, Don Payne, Ornette Coleman and Walter Norris
- Released on
- Contemporary
- Written by
- Ornette Coleman
- Performed by
- Billy Higgins, Don Cherry, Don Payne, Ornette Coleman and Walter Norris
- Released on
- Contemporary
Connected by credits
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Same label: Contemporary
Same release: Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman
Same label: Contemporary
Same release: Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman
Same label: Contemporary
Same release: Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Sphinx was performed by Billy Higgins
The Sphinx was performed by Billy Higgins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Sphinx was performed by Don Cherry
3MusicBrainz The Sphinx was performed by Don Payne
4MusicBrainz The Sphinx was performed by Ornette Coleman
The Sphinx was performed by Ornette Coleman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Sphinx was performed by Walter Norris
The Sphinx was performed by Walter Norris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Sphinx was written by Ornette Coleman
The Sphinx was written by Ornette Coleman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Sphinx is part of the release Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman
The Sphinx is part of the release Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Contemporary is the label of the song The Sphinx
Contemporary is the label of the song The Sphinx
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz The Sphinx was released on 1958