New York Is Now!

New York Is Now!
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1968[1]
RecordedApril 29 & May 7, 1968
GenreJazz
Length39:51 (Original LP)
47:26 (CD reissue)
LabelBlue Note
ProducerFrancis Wolff
Ornette Coleman chronology
The Music of Ornette Coleman
(1967)
New York Is Now!
(1968)
Love Call
(1971)

New York Is Now! is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman released on the Blue Note label in 1968.[2]

The album sees Coleman accompanied by John Coltrane's former bandmates, drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Jimmy Garrison, and by tenor sax player Dewey Redman. Vocals are provided by Mel Fuhrman. It was recorded at A&R Studios, New York City in two sessions, on April 29 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6), and May 7 (tracks 3 & 5), 1968.

  1. ^ "Billboard". November 23, 1968.
  2. ^ Ornette Coleman discography accessed November 11, 2010