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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

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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.

Contents

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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
  1. "Happy House" - 9:50
  2. "Elizabeth" - 10:30
  3. "School Work" - 5:40
  4. "Country Town Blues" - 6:27
  5. "Broken Shadows" - 6:45
  6. "Rubber Gloves" - 3:26
  7. "Good Girl Blues" - 3:07
  8. "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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