Science Fiction (Ornette Coleman album)
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Science Fiction is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded in 1971 and released on the Columbia label.[1]
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".[2]
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| Allmusic |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Track listing
All compositions by Ornette Coleman
- "What Reason Could I Give?" - 3:06
- "Civilization Day" - 6:04
- "Street Woman" - 4:50
- "Science Fiction" - 5:03
- "Rock the Clock" - 3:16
- "All My Life" - 3:56
- "Law Years" - 5:22
- "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)
References
- ^ Ornette Coleman discography accessed November 30, 2010
- ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 30, 2010
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 45. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.