- Dancing in Your Head
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Dancing in Your Head 
Studio album by Ornette Coleman Released 1975 Recorded January, 1973-December 28, 1975 Genre Free funk
Free jazz
Avant-garde jazzLength 35:31 Label A&M/Horizon/Verve Producer Bryan Koniarz Ornette Coleman chronology Skies of America
(1972)Dancing in Your Head
(1973)To Whom Who Keeps a Record
(1975)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Rolling Stone (favorable)[2] Dancing in Your Head is a 1975 release by jazz artist Ornette Coleman. It was the first to feature his electric band, which later became known as Prime Time. It was released originally on A&M Records, but it was re-mastered and re-released in 2000 on A&M/Verve/Universal Records. Its catalog number is 543 519.
The album was identified by Chris Kelsey in his Allmusic essay "Free Jazz: A Subjective History" as one of the 20 Essential Free Jazz Albums.[3]
Contents
Track listing
- Theme From A Symphony (Variation One)
- Theme From A Symphony (Variation Two)
- Midnight Sunrise
- Midnight Sunrise—Alternate take
- Bonus track on 2000 CD edition
Personnel
- Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone
- Bern Nix - 1st lead guitar
- Charlie Ellerbee - 2nd lead guitar
- Rudy McDaniel - Bass guitar
- Shannon Jackson - drums
- Robert Palmer - clarinet on "Midnight Sunrise"
- Master Musicians of Jajouka on "Midnight Sunrise"
Trivia
- John Frusciante, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has a tattoo on his lower left arm of the double face featured on the album cover. It represents good and evil.
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Kelsey, C. Free Jazz: A Subjective History accessed December 7, 2009
External links
Categories:- Ornette Coleman albums
- Horizon Records albums
- 1975 albums
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