Skies of America

Skies of America
Studio album by Ornette Coleman
Released	May 1972
Recorded	April 17, 1972-April 20, 1972
Genre	Orchestral jazz Avant-garde jazz
Length	41:13
Label	Columbia/Legacy
Producer	Paul Myers
Ornette Coleman chronology
Science Fiction (1971) Skies of America (1972) Dancing in Your Head (1973)

Skies of America is a 1972 album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. The album is one of Coleman's first experiments in writing and performing third stream music; he had earlier done arranging work for Alice Coltrane's album Universal Consciousness. The album contains nearly all of the music that Coleman wrote for Skies of America, which he referred to as a concerto grosso, though several repeated motives and two other segments were removed from the work in order to accommodate the limited LP playing time. Though the release lists 21 tracks, Skies of America actually consists of just one long movement.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This is still dangerous and rewarding music".

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

All composions by Ornette Coleman

1. "Skies of America" — 2:49
2. "Native Americans" — 1:10
3. "The Good Life" — 1:33
4. "Birthdays and Funerals" — 3:13
5. "Dreams" — 0:51
6. "Sounds of Sculpture" — 1:20
7. "Holiday for Heroes" — 1:10
8. "All of My Life" — 3:08
9. "Dancers" — 1:17
10. "The Soul Within Woman" — 0:47
11. "The Artists in America" — 3:54
12. "The New Anthem" — 0:31
13. "Place in Space" — 2:44
14. "Foreigner in a Free Land" — 1:19
15. "Silver Screen" — 1:10
16. "Poetry" — 1:15
17. "The Men Who Live in the White House" — 2:48
18. "Love Life" — 4:34
19. "The Military" — 0:32
20. "Jam Session" — 0:39
21. "Sunday in America" — 4:29

• Recorded in London, England in May, 1972