Dancing in Your Head
| Dancing in Your Head | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | January 1973 – December 28, 1975 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 31:24 | |||
| Label | Horizon | |||
| Producer | Ornette Coleman | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [6] |
| Tom Hull | A[7] |
| The Village Voice | A[8] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [9] |
Dancing in Your Head is a studio album by Ornette Coleman, released in 1977 by Horizon Records.[8]
Recording
[edit]The two variations on "Theme from a Symphony" were the first recordings to feature Coleman's electric band, which later became known as Prime Time. The symphony referenced in the title of the two tracks is Coleman's Skies of America.
William S. Burroughs was present for the recording of "Midnight Sunrise",[10] which was recorded with the Master Musicians of Jajouka in 1973. The compact disc reissue features an alternate take of this composition which is not present on the vinyl or earlier CD issue.
Release
[edit]Dancing in Your Head was released on Horizon Records in 1977. In 2000, it was remastered and re-released on A&M/Verve/Universal Records.[citation needed]
Critical reception
[edit]Dancing in Your Head was voted the 15th best album of the year in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for 1977.[11] It was the first album by a jazz artist to make the poll. Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, ranked it number 11 on his own year-end list.[12]
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]
Legacy
[edit]"Midnight Sunrise" was featured in the 1991 film Naked Lunch.[citation needed]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Theme from a Symphony (variation one)" | 15:47 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | "Theme from a Symphony (variation two)" | 11:10 |
| 3. | "Midnight Sunrise" | 4:45 |
| Total length: | 31:24 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Midnight Sunrise (alternate take)" | 3:49 |
| Total length: | 35:31 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone
- Bern Nix - electric guitar
- Charlie Ellerbee - electric guitar
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma - bass guitar
- Shannon Jackson - drums
- Robert Palmer - clarinet on "Midnight Sunrise"
- Master Musicians of Jajouka on "Midnight Sunrise"
References
[edit]- ^ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly, eds. (October 27, 1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 152. ISBN 0679737294.
Dancing in Your Head (1977) brought another breakthrough, as Ornette turned himself loose on a very funky version of rock-jazz fusion
- ^ Trager, Oliver (1997). The American Book of the Dead. Simon & Schuster. p. 68. ISBN 0684814021. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
Their jazz-funk fusion mode resulted in one of Coleman's most popular albums, Dancing in Your Head (1977).
- ^ a b Kelsey, C. Free Jazz: A Subjective History accessed December 7, 2009.
- ^ Al Campbell, Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 45. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (June 27, 1977). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Ranaldo, Lee (2012). "Interview with William S. Burroughs". In Colin Fallows & Synne Genzmer (eds), Cut-ups, cut-ins, cut-outs, p. 48. Vienna: Kunsthalle Wien. ISBN 3869843152.
- ^ "The 1977 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. January 23, 1978. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (January 23, 1978). "Pazz & Joppers Dig Pistols--What Else Is New?". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
