Twins (Ornette Coleman album)

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Released October 4, 1971 Twins(1971) Science Fiction(1972) Release date 4 October 1971 Label Atlantic Records		Length 42:35 Artist Ornette Coleman Producer Nesuhi Ertegun

Recorded May 22, 1959July 19 and 26, 1960December 21, 1960January 31, 1961 Genres Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz Similar Ornette Coleman albums, Free jazz albums, Other albums

Twins is a compilation album credited to jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released by Atlantic Records in 1971. The album was 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, California; for "First Take" at A&R Studios in New York City, and all others at Atlantic Studios also in Manhattan. The track "First Take" was a first attempt at "Free Jazz" from the album of the same name.

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman.

Personnel

Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone

Don Cherry – pocket trumpet; cornet on "Monk and the Nun"

Charlie Haden – bass on 1959 and 1960 tracks

Scott LaFaro – bass on "First Take" and "Check Up"

Billy Higgins – drums on "First Take" and "Monk and the Nun"

Ed Blackwell – drums on 1960 and 1961 tracks

Freddie Hubbard – trumpet on "First Take"

Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet on "First Take"

Songs

1First Take17:00
2Little Symphony5:15
3Monk and the Nun5:35

References

Twins (Ornette Coleman album) Wikipedia

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Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Songs

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