Science Fiction (Ornette Coleman album)

Science Fiction
Studio album by Ornette Coleman
Released	1972
Recorded	September 9, 10 & October 13, 1971
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz
Length	37:03
Label	Columbia
Ornette Coleman chronology
Broken Shadows (1971) Science Fiction (1972) Skies of America (1972)

Science Fiction is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded in 1971 and released on the Columbia label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars and stated "Science Fiction was his creative rebirth, a stunningly inventive and appropriately alien-sounding blast of manic energy... Science Fiction is a meeting ground between Coleman's past and future; it combines the fire and edge of his Atlantic years with strong hints of the electrified, globally conscious experiments that were soon to come. And, it's overflowing with brilliance".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. "What Reason Could I Give?" - 3:06
2. "Civilization Day" - 6:04
3. "Street Woman" - 4:50
4. "Science Fiction" - 5:03
5. "Rock the Clock" - 3:16
6. "All My Life" - 3:56
7. "Law Years" - 5:22
8. "The Jungle Is a Skyscraper" - 5:26

• Recorded at Columbia Studio E, NYC on September 9 (tracks 2, 3, 7 & 8), September 10 (track 4) and October 13 (tracks 1, 5 & 6), 1971

Personnel

• Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
• Don Cherry - pocket trumpet (tracks 2-4)
• Bobby Bradford (tracks 4, 7 & 8), Carmine Fornarotto (tracks 1 & 6), Gerard Schwarz (tracks 1 & 6) - trumpet
• Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, musette (tracks 1 & 4-8)
• Charlie Haden - bass
• Billy Higgins (tracks 1-4 & 6), Ed Blackwell (tracks 1 & 4-8) - drums
• David Henderson - recitation (track 4)
• Asha Puthli - vocals (tracks 1 & 6)