Science Fiction is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded in 1971 and released on the Columbia label.[2]

Science Fiction
Studio album by Ornette Coleman
Released	February 1972[1]
Recorded	September 9, 10 & October 13, 1971
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz
Length	37:03
Label	Columbia
Ornette Coleman chronology
Broken Shadows (1971) Science Fiction (1972) Skies of America (1972)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars and stated "Science Fiction was his creative rebirth, a stunningly inventive and appropriately alien-sounding blast of manic energy... Science Fiction is a meeting ground between Coleman's past and future; it combines the fire and edge of his Atlantic years with strong hints of the electrified, globally conscious experiments that were soon to come. And, it's overflowing with brilliance".[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. "What Reason Could I Give?" - 3:06
2. "Civilization Day" - 6:04
3. "Street Woman" - 4:50
4. "Science Fiction" - 5:03
5. "Rock the Clock" - 3:16
6. "All My Life" - 3:56
7. "Law Years" - 5:22
8. "The Jungle Is a Skyscraper" - 5:26

• Recorded at Columbia Studio E, NYC on September 9 (tracks 2, 3, 7 & 8), September 10 (track 4) and October 13 (tracks 1, 5 & 6), 1971

Personnel

• Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
• Don Cherry - pocket trumpet (tracks 2-4)
• Bobby Bradford (tracks 4, 7 & 8), Carmine Fornarotto (tracks 1 & 6), Gerard Schwarz (tracks 1 & 6) - trumpet
• Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, musette (tracks 1 & 4-8)
• Charlie Haden - bass
• Billy Higgins (tracks 1-4 & 6), Ed Blackwell (tracks 1 & 4-8) - drums
• David Henderson - recitation (track 4)
• Asha Puthli - vocals (tracks 1 & 6)

References