Broken Shadows

Broken Shadows is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded in 1971 at the same sessions that produced Science Fiction and but not released on the Columbia label until 1982.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Cut prior to Coleman's formation of Prime Time, these performances serve as an unintentional retrospective of his career up to that point".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. "Happy House" - 9:50
2. "Elizabeth" - 10:30
3. "School Work" - 5:40
4. "Country Town Blues" - 6:27
5. "Broken Shadows" - 6:45
6. "Rubber Gloves" - 3:26
7. "Good Girl Blues" - 3:07
8. "Is It Forever" - 4:52

• Recorded at Columbia Studio E, NYC on September 9 (tracks 1-5), and September 7 & 8, 1972 (tracks 6-8)

Personnel

• Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
• Don Cherry - pocket trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)
• Bobby Bradford (tracks 1-3 & 4) - trumpet
• Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, musette (tracks 1-3 & 5-8)
• Charlie Haden - bass
• Billy Higgins (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Ed Blackwell (tracks 1-3 & 5-8) - drums
• Jim Hall - guitar (tracks 7 & 8)
• Cedar Walton - piano (tracks 7 & 8)
• Webster Armstrong - vocals (tracks 7 & 8)
• Uncredited woodwinds (tracks 7 & 8)

References