Skies of America

Infobox Album
Name = Skies of America
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Ornette Coleman


Released = May 1972
Recorded = April 17 1972-April 20 1972
Genre = Orchestral jazz
Avant-garde jazz
Length = 41:13
Label = Columbia/Legacy
Producer = Paul Myers
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7du67ub070jg link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ornettecoleman/albums/album/249742/review/5941107/skies_of_america link]
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"Skies of America" is a 1972 album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. The album contains nearly all of the music that Coleman wrote for "Skies of America", which he referred to as a concerto grosso, though several repeated motives and two other segments were removed from the work in order to accommodate the limited LP playing time. Though the release lists 21 tracks, "Skies of America" actually consists of just one long movement.

Track listing

# "Skies of America" — 2:49
# "Native Americans" — 1:10
# "The Good Life" — 1:33
# "Birthdays and Funerals" — 3:13
# "Dreams" — 0:51
# "Sounds of Sculpture" — 1:20
# "Holiday for Heroes" — 1:10
# "All of My Life" — 3:08
# "Dancers" — 1:17
# "The Soul Within Woman" — 0:47
# "The Artists in America" — 3:54
# "The New Anthem" — 0:31
# "Place in Space" — 2:44
# "Foreigner in a Free Land" — 1:19
# "Silver Screen" — 1:10
# "Poetry" — 1:15
# "The Men Who Live in the White House" — 2:48
# "Love Life" — 4:34
# "The Military" — 0:32
# "Jam Session" — 0:39
# "Sunday in America" — 4:29