Crisis (Ornette Coleman album)

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Crisis
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Live album by Ornette Coleman
Released 1972
Recorded March 22, 1969
Genre Jazz
Length 43:56
Label Impulse!
Ornette Coleman chronology
Ornette at 12
(1968)Ornette at 121968
Crisis
(1969)
Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street
(1970)Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street1970

Crisis is a live album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded at New York University in 1969 and released on the Impulse! label.[1]

Reception

Brian Olewnick's Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Crisis somehow lacks the reputation of the revolutionary Coleman albums from early in his career, but on purely musical grounds it ranks among his most satisfying works".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 4/5 stars[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated
  1. "Broken Shadows" - 5:59
  2. "Comme Il Faut" - 14:26
  3. "Song for Ché" (Charlie Haden) - 11:32
  4. "Space Jungle" - 5:20
  5. "Trouble in the East" - 6:39
    • Recorded at New York University in New York City on March 22, 1969.

Personnel

References

  1. Ornette Coleman discography accessed November 11, 2010
  2. 2.0 2.1 Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed November 11, 2010
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