Broken Shadows

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Released 1982 Producer Jim Fishel Artist Ornette Coleman Label Columbia Records		Length 50:37 Broken Shadows(1971) Science Fiction(1971) Release date 1982 Genre Jazz

Recorded September 9, 1971 and September 7 & 8, 1972 Similar Ornette Coleman albums, Jazz albums

Broken Shadows is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded in 1971, at the same sessions that produced Science Fiction, but not released on the Columbia label until 1982.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Cut prior to Coleman's formation of Prime Time, these performances serve as an unintentional retrospective of his career up to that point".

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

"Happy House" - 9:50
"Elizabeth" - 10:30
"School Work" - 5:40
"Country Town Blues" - 6:27
"Broken Shadows" - 6:45
"Rubber Gloves" - 3:26
"Good Girl Blues" - 3:07
"Is It Forever" - 4:52

Recorded at Columbia Studio E, NYC on September 9 (tracks 1-5), and September 7 & 8, 1972 (tracks 6-8)

Personnel

Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone, trumpet, violin

Don Cherry - pocket trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)

Bobby Bradford (tracks 1-3 & 4) - trumpet

Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, musette (tracks 1-3 & 5-8)

Charlie Haden - bass

Billy Higgins (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Ed Blackwell (tracks 1-3 & 5-8) - drums

Jim Hall - guitar (tracks 7 & 8)

Cedar Walton - piano (tracks 7 & 8)

Webster Armstrong - vocals (tracks 7 & 8)

Uncredited woodwinds (tracks 7 & 8)

Songs

1Happy House9:51
2Elizabeth10:31
3School Work5:40

References

Broken Shadows Wikipedia

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