The beloved and controversial saxophonist is considered one of the tone-setting figures in the New York jazz avant-garde scene. Grammy winner and music historian Ashley Kahn describes Coleman's life's work this way: "Hailed or ridiculed, the music challenged long-held notions of what jazz - what music - should sound like." The albums chosen for "Genesis Of Genius", "Something Else" from 1958 and "Tomorrow Is The Question" from 1959 are the foundation and the starting shot for his career that began after that, with which he conducted the Big Apple Jazz into a new era.