Twins (Ornette Coleman album)

Twins is an album credited to jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released by Atlantic Records in 1971. The album was assembled without Coleman's input, comprising outtakes from recording sessions of 1959 to 1961 for The Shape of Jazz to Come, This Is Our Music, Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, and Ornette! Sessions for "Monk and the Nun" took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California; for "First Take" at A&R Studios in New York City, and all others at Atlantic Studios also in Manhattan. The track "First Take" was a first attempt at "Free Jazz" from the album of the same name.

Twins
Studio album by Ornette Coleman
Released	October 4, 1971
Recorded	May 22, 1959 July 19 and 26, 1960 December 21, 1960 January 31, 1961
Genre	Free jazz, avant-garde jazz
Length	42:35
Label	Atlantic 1588
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegün
Ornette Coleman chronology
The Art of the Improvisers (1970) Twins (1971) Science Fiction (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
DownBeat	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ornette Coleman.

Side one

No.	Title	Date	Length
1.	"First Take"	December 21, 1960	17:00
2.	"Little Symphony"	July 19, 1960	5:15

Side two

No.	Title	Date	Length
1.	"Monk and the Nun"	May 22, 1959	5:35
2.	"Check Up"	January 31, 1961	10:10
3.	"Joy of a Toy"	July 26, 1960	4:35

Personnel

• Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
• Don Cherry – pocket trumpet; cornet on "Monk and the Nun"
• Charlie Haden – bass on 1959 and 1960 tracks
• Scott LaFaro – bass on "First Take" and "Check Up"
• Billy Higgins – drums on "First Take" and "Monk and the Nun"
• Ed Blackwell – drums on 1960 and 1961 tracks
• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet on "First Take"
• Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet on "First Take"