Twins (Ornette Coleman album)

Twins
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 1971
RecordedMay 22, 1959
July 19 and 26, 1960
December 21, 1960
January 31, 1961
GenreFree jazz, avant-garde jazz
Length42:35
LabelAtlantic 1588
ProducerNesuhi Ertegün
Ornette Coleman chronology
The Art of the Improvisers
(1970)
Twins
(1971)
Science Fiction
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

Twins is an album credited to jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released by Atlantic Records in 1971. The album was assembled without Coleman's input, comprising outtakes from recording sessions of 1959 to 1961 for The Shape of Jazz to Come, This Is Our Music, Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, and Ornette! Sessions for "Monk and the Nun" took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California; for "First Take" at A&R Studios in New York City, and all others at Atlantic Studios also in Manhattan. The track "First Take" was a first attempt at "Free Jazz" from the album of the same name.

Track listing

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All compositions by Ornette Coleman.

Side one
No.TitleDateLength
1."First Take"December 21, 196017:00
2."Little Symphony"July 19, 19605:15
Side two
No.TitleDateLength
1."Monk and the Nun"May 22, 19595:35
2."Check Up"January 31, 196110:10
3."Joy of a Toy"July 26, 19604:35

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 45. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. USA: Penguin. p. 322.