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.[2]

Crisis
Live album by Ornette Coleman
Released	June 1972[1]
Recorded	March 22, 1969
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:56
Label	Impulse!
Ornette Coleman chronology
Ornette at 12 (1968) Crisis (1972) Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street (1970)

In 2017, Real Gone Music reissued Crisis on CD as part of a compilation that also included Ornette at 12.[3][4]

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".[5]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[6]

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

• Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
• Don Cherry – cornet, Indian flute
• Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Charlie Haden – bass
• Denardo Coleman – drums

References