Skies of America

by Ornette Coleman, London Symphony Orchestra & David Measham

Skies of America cover art

Originally intended to be performed alongside his free-jazz quartet, union disputes forced Ornette Coleman to record this staggering orchestral epic almost entirely solo with the London Symphony Orchestra. 'Skies of America' is an incredibly dense, fiercely avant-garde Third Stream masterwork, applying his revolutionary harmolodic theories to wonderfully dissonant, highly complex modern classical arrangements.

Genres

  • Third Stream
  • Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Modern Classical

Tracklist

  1. Skies Of America
  2. Native Americans
  3. The Good Life
  4. Birthdays And Funerals
  5. Dreams
  6. Sounds Of Sculpture
  7. Holiday For Heroes
  8. All Of My Life
  9. Dancers
  10. The Soul Within Woman
  11. The Artist In America
  12. The New Anthem
  13. Place In Space
  14. Foreigner In A Free Land
  15. Silver Screen
  16. Poetry
  17. The Men Who Live In The White House
  18. Love Life
  19. The Military
  20. Jam Session
  21. Sunday In America (with The London Symphonic Rock Orchestra)