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Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction

In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Science Fiction”, the 13th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Columbia Studio E” in New York City and was produced by James Jordan.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Bobby Bradford, Carmine Fornarotto, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell – drums
  • David Henderson – recitation
  • Asha Puthli – vocals
  • Stan Tonkel – engineer
  • Russ Payne – mixing
  • Ed Lee – cover design
  • Robert Amft – cover photography
  • Bob Palmer – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. What Reason Could I Give?
  2. Civilization Day
  3. Street Woman
  4. Science Fiction
  5. Rock the Clock
  6. All My Life
  7. Law Years
  8. The Jungle Is a Skyscraper

Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orchestra: Borderlands

On December 28, 2006, “Enja Records” label released “Borderlands”, album by Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orchestra. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Werner Aldinger and Toni Kitanovski.

Personnel:

  • Toni Kitanovski – guitar, arranger
  • Ali Rashid – saxophone
  • Asan Rashid – trumpet
  • Cerkez Rashid – trumpet
  • Vilhen Memedov – tuba
  • Hamid Rashid – tuba
  • Sefedin Rashid – tuba
  • Mamer Zejnelov – tuba
  • Seger Ismailov – drum
  • Aleksandar Sekulovski – drums
  • Alen Hadzi – Stefanov – engineer
  • Bojan Ugrinovski – arranger
  • Valentino Skenderovski – mixing, mastering
  • Werner Aldinger – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Sample – Ed Blackwell, Toni Kitanovski
  2. Tetovska – traditional
  3. Gnossienne No.1 – Erik Satie
  4. Cherkez Babo – Tonio K, Toni Kitanovski
  5. Togo – Tonio K, Toni Kitanovski
  6. Turkish Cocek – traditional
  7. Christening Dance – traditional
  8. Seherezad – Tonio K, Toni Kitanovski
  9. Mr. Choon – traditional
  10. Mr. Neat – traditional
  11. Gnossienne Cocek
  12. New Orleans (Never Ending Story) – Tonio K, Toni Kitanovski

Ornette Coleman: The Art of the Improvisers

On November 2, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “The Art of the Improvisers”, the ninth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded May – October 1959, July 1960, January – March 1961, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman — alto and tenor saxophone
  • Don Cherry — pocket trumpet; cornet
  • Charlie Haden — bass
  • Scott LaFaro — bass
  • Jimmy Garrison — bass
  • Billy Higgins — drums
  • Ed Blackwell — drums 

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. The Circle with a Hole in the Middle
  2. Just for You
  3. The Fifth of Beethoven
  4. The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro
  5. Moon Inhabitants
  6. The Legends of Bebop
  7. Harlem’s Manhattan

Don Cherry

On October 19, 1995, Donald Eugene Cherry died aged 58. He was a musician (trumpet), one of the pioneers in world fusion in the 60s and 70s. Cherry recorded and performed with a number of musicians and bands including Ornette Coleman, Paul Bley, Sonny Rollins, New York Contemporary Five, Naná Vasconcelos, La Monte Young, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Brackeen, Codona, Albert Ayler, Clifford Jordan, Steve Lacy, Michael Mantler, Sunny Murray, Jim Pepper, George Russell, Sun Ra, Lou Reed, Charlie Rouse, Albert Heath, James Mtume, Herbie Hancock, Ed Blackwell, Steve Hillage, Collin Walcott, Latif Khan, Johnny Dyani, Masahiko Togashi, Bengt Berger, Rip Rig + Panic, Bengt Berger Bitter Funeral Beer Band, Dag Vag, Frank Lowe, Jai Uttal, and Ed Blackwell.

Ornette Coleman: Twins

On October 4, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Twins”, the tenth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded 1959 – 1961, assembled without Coleman’s input, comprising outtakes from recording sessions of 1959 to 1961 for “The Shape of Jazz to Come”, “This Is Our Music”, “Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation”, and “Ornette!”. Sessions for “Monk and the Nun” took place at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, for “First Take” at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and all others at “Atlantic Studios” in Manhattan. The album was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet; cornet
  • Charlie Haden – bass 
  • Scott LaFaro – bass 
  • Billy Higgins – drums 
  • Ed Blackwell – drums 
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet 
  • Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet 

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. First Take
  2. Little Symphony
  3. Monk and the Nun
  4. Check Up
  5. Joy of a Toy

Ellis Marsalis

On April 1, 2020, Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr.died aged 85. He was musician (piano) and music educator, worked with many famous musicians and bands including Ed Blackwell, Nat Adderley, Michael Caine, Art Tatum, Herry Connick Jr., Jimmy Cobb, Rich Matteson, David Benoit, Kermit Ruffins, Count Basie Orchestra, American Jazz Quintet, Irma Thomas and his sons Branford and Wynton Marsalis. As a leader he has recorded twenty albums.