| Series |
TomtheJazzman Collection
TomtheJazzman Collection. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Skies of America -- Native Americans -- The good life -- Birthdays and funerals -- Dreams -- Sounds of sculpture -- Holiday for heroes -- All of my life -- Dancers -- The soul within woman -- The artist in America -- The new anthem -- Place in space -- Foreigner in a free land -- Silver screen -- Poetry -- The men who live in the White House -- Love life -- The military -- Jam session -- Sunday in America. |
| Abstract |
Skies of America is a fully (though controversially) scored concerto grosso, comprised of, as Coleman wrote in liner notes for the original LP release, "melody, harmony, and the movement of forms. . .based on the four clefs bass, treble, tenor and alto. . .meaning to modulate in range without changing keys." Coleman's improvising jazz ensemble is nestled between and overlapping with orchestral passages, with the massive yet sometimes delicate atonal clusters rendering this a particularly American--if surrealistic--symphonic work. |
| Local note | Gift of TomtheJazzman Mallison. |
| General note | Jazz. |
| General note | Works "for a symphony orchestra based on a theory book called The harmolodic theory ... [with] eight themes and a harmolodic movement for each theme"--Insert. |
| General note | Originally released as Columbia KC 31562. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes by John Litweiler, and by Ornette Coleman in English from the original liner (10 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Credits | Producer, Paul Myers ; executive producer, James Jordan. |
| Performer |
London Symphony Orchestra; Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone (in 7 tracks); David Measham, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded April 17-20, 1972, at EMI Abbey Road Studios, London. |
| Genre/form | Music. |
| UPC |
074646356821 |
| UPC |
7464635682 |
| Publisher number | CK 63568 Columbia/Legacy |
| Publisher number | KC 31562 Columbia |
