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Twins
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

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[2]

Track listing edit

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

^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 45. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. USA: Penguin. p. 322.