Crisis is a live album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman recorded at New York University in 1969 and released on the Impulse! label.Ornette Coleman discography accessed November 11, 2010
In 2017, Real Gone Music reissued Crisis on CD as part of a compilation that also included Ornette at 12.
Reception Brian Olewnick's AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "Crisis somehow lacks the reputation of the revolutionary Coleman albums from early in his career, but on purely musical grounds it ranks among his most satisfying works".Olewnick, B. [ AllMusic Review] accessed November 11, 2010
Track listing All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated "Broken Shadows" – 5:59 "Comme Il Faut" – 14:26 "Song for Ché" (Charlie Haden) – 11:32 "Space Jungle" – 5:20 "Trouble in the East" – 6:39 Recorded at New York University in New York City on March 22, 1969.
Personnel Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin Don Cherry – cornet, Indian flute Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, clarinet Charlie Haden – bass Denardo Coleman – drums
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