Science Fiction (album)

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

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".

Track listing

 * All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated


 * 1) "What Reason Could I Give?" - Coleman 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 & 9), Carmon Fornarotto (tracks 1 & 6), Gerard Schwarg (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)