Science Fiction cover

Science Fiction

Released

One of Coleman’s most ambitious and multifaceted releases, this 1971 album features Indian vocalist Asha Puthli on two tracks; multiple ensembles ranging from a quartet to a septet; poetry; musique concrète sound effects; and some stunningly high-energy performances. “Street Woman” and “The Jungle is a Skyscraper” fly by at Bad Brains tempos, and Charlie Haden in particular is in sonic attack mode throughout, playing through a wah-wah pedal on “Rock The Clock” that turns his bass into a hair-raising growl.

Phil Freeman

Recommended by

Suggestions
The Codona Trilogy cover

The Codona Trilogy

Collin Walcott, Codona, Naná Vasconcelos, Don Cherry
God cover

God

Rip Rig + Panic
Inner Urge cover

Inner Urge

Joe Henderson
Goats cover

Goats

Xylouris White
Plays Duke Ellington cover

Plays Duke Ellington

World Saxophone Quartet
Back East cover

Back East

Joshua Redman
Theirs cover

Theirs

Thumbscrew
Boy cover

Boy

Carla Bozulich
Nomadic cover

Nomadic

Moksha Samnyasin, Sonny Simmons