donald byrd 4 EVA Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Crying Babies???? Weird pseudo-religious voice overs??? Do any of you know the story behind the genesis/inspiration for this session? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Damn, I just listened to most of this one last night - and was even thinking of starting a thread about it. Wild collection of material. Law Years and Happy House are my favorites -- Law Years especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 (edited) I was irritated by the way the documentation for the Columbia 2fer was presented so I made the following listing: Ornette Coleman Columbia Sessions Sorting out The Complete Science Fiction Sessions original issue Mr. Coleman appears on all tracks. Sept. 9, 1971 Redman, Cherry, Bradford, Haden, Higgins, Blackwell CO 112012 Happy House Broken Shadows A1 CO 112013 Broken Shadows Broken Shadows B2 CO 112014 Written Word new CO 112015 Elizabeth Broken Shadows A2 Cherry, Haden, Higgins CO 112016 Civilization Day Science Fiction A2 CO 112016 Civilization Day (clean mix) new CO 112017 Country Town Blues Broken Shadows B1 CO 112018 Street Woman Science Fiction A3 CO 112018 Street Woman (alt) new Redman, Bradford, Haden, Blackwell CO 112019 School Work Broken Shadows A3 CO 112020 The Jungle Is a Skyscraper Science Fiction B4 CO 112021 Law Years Science Fiction B3 Sept. 10, 1971 Henderson, Redman, Cherry, Bradford, Haden, Higgins, Blackwell CO 112024 Science Fiction Science Fiction A4 Sept. 13, 1971 Puthli, Fornarotto, Schwarz, Redman, Haden, Blackwell, Higgins CO 111482 What Reason Could I Give Science Fiction A1 CO 111483 All My Life Science Fiction B2 Redman, Haden, Blackwell CO 111484 Rock the Clock Science Fiction B1 Sept. 7, 1972 Redman, Haden, Blackwell CO 112663 Rubber Gloves Broken Shadows B3 Sept. 8, 1972 Armstrong, Redman, Walton, Hall, Haden, Blackwell, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, french horn CO 112664 Good Girl Blues Broken Shadows B4 CO 112665 Is It Forever Broken Shadows B5 Well, my formatting was screwed up - the original issue info should be too the right, not next to the song titles. Edited February 14, 2007 by Chuck Nessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Brown Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 (edited) The reason Ornette titled one of his pieces "Science Fiction" is interesting. It's actually a bit of an "homage". Apparently Ornette had become friendly with well-known science fiction writer Judith Merril sometime in the 1960s. Not long after, Merril, who was so fed up with what was happening in the U.S. at the time, moved lock, stock and barrel to Toronto. In early 1971, a friend of mine took Merril to the Colonial Tavern on Yonge Street to hear Coleman. The saxophonist immediately spotted her from the stage and said "Hey, it's the science fiction lady", then introduced her to the audience. The following September he recorded "Science Fiction" for Columbia Records. Edited February 15, 2007 by Don Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Nice story. Thanks Don. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 This collection has some of my favorite Ornette. I am not so hot on the tracks w/Jim Hall and the blues vocalist, though. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 did i hear someone say GENESIS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 The Bad Plus along with Tim Berne, Ron Miles, and Sam Newsome will be performing Ornette Coleman's Science Fiction in its entirety. Ethan Iverson has written a nice feature on the album: http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/science-fiction.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 I'd like to see this on the 23rd but I'll be at Oliver Lake & Baikida Carroll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybert Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Wonder if they'll record an album... i'd like to hear it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 One of my favorites right up there with the Atlantics Charlie Haden owned this record imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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