Jazz tunes that refer to science fiction novels and tales

[Larry Kart]

In particular, does anyone know who wrote/recorded the piece "Slan" (almost certainly named after the A.E. Van Vogt novel)?

Also, Shorty Rogers "Martians Come Back" doesn't count.

Edited November 15, 2007 by Larry Kart

[ejp626]

Jazz tunes or jazz recording titles? We do have Ornette's Complete Science Fiction Sessions and Christian McBride's Sci Fi.

[DGitin]

What We Live's album ESPECIALLY THE TRAVELER TOMORROW (hope I have the title right) has tunes titled from characters/events in William Gibson's Neuromancer (novel).

[marcello]

Uhura's Moment Returned by Christian McBride

[Hot Ptah]

Chick Corea's electric Return to Forever has several such titles, on the Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy and No Mystery albums in particular.

[Larry Kart]

Jazz tunes or jazz recording titles? We do have Ornette's Complete Science Fiction Sessions and Christian McBride's Sci Fi.

Tunes whose titles are taken from specific novels or tales is what I had in mind. Thus, the Ornette and McBride recordings wouldn't count, or the Corea pieces or lots of Sun Ra things either.

[Hot Ptah]

From what I have read only, the Corea pieces refer to specific stories published within Scientology, about aliens coming to earth long ago and interacting with humans. My knowledge of Scientology is limited to what I have read in articles written by others.

[robviti]

weather report's i sing the body electric

originally the title of a walt whitman poem, it's also the title of a short story collection by ray bradbury and an episode of the twilight zone.

Edited November 16, 2007 by jazzshrink

[Larry Kart]

weather report's i sing the body electric

Unless you forgot to add a smiley face or the like, are you're saying that Walt Whitman wrote science fiction?

[7/4]

weather report's i sing the body electric

Unless you forgot to add a smiley face or the like, are you're saying that Walt Whitman wrote science fiction?

It depends on if they had electricity back then.

[robviti]

From what I have read only, the Corea pieces refer to specific stories published within Scientology, about aliens coming to earth long ago and interacting with humans. My knowledge of Scientology is limited to what I have read in articles written by others.

scientology's founder, l. ron hubbard, was a noted science fiction writer before his entrance into the religion biz. corea's the ultimate adventure and to the stars bear the titles of two of hubbard's science fiction novels.

[robviti]

weather report's i sing the body electric

Unless you forgot to add a smiley face or the like, are you're saying that Walt Whitman wrote science fiction?

nah, i was just hoping that joe had borrowed the title from ray or rod, rather than from old walt.

Edited November 16, 2007 by jazzshrink

[EKE BBB]

In particular, does anyone know who wrote/recorded the piece "Slan" (almost certainly named after the A.E. Van Vogt novel)?

Larry:

The BMI online database shows two different entries for "Slan": one by John Zorn (alternative title "Zorn-Slan") and one by Charlie Mariano.

[brownie]

The Charlie Mariano composition 'Slan' showed up first in 1955 on the Frank Rosolino album 'Frankly Speaking!' and reappeared on the 1956 Shelly Manne album 'Swinging Sounds'.

[paul secor]

They don't refer to science fiction novels or tales, but some of Mimi Perrin's lyrics on Dizzy Gillespie & the Double Six of Paris are based on science fiction themes. At least the liner notes to the CD state that - my French isn't good enough to pick up the lyrics.

[Niko]

The Charlie Mariano composition 'Slan' showed up first in 1955 on the Frank Rosolino album 'Frankly Speaking!' and reappeared on the 1956 Shelly Manne album 'Swinging Sounds'.

according to jack chambers dick twardzik discography

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~chambers/twardzik2.html

there is an earlier (1954) recording, Serge Chaloff's Fable of Mable where it is titled Slam ?!

[brownie]

The Lord also lists three versions of 'Fahrenheit 451'.

One on the album Celcius 232/8 on Dutch Phillips by Rob Hoeke (1968), another on the Stunt CD Crystal Ball by Thomas Franck (1994), also a single track on a G.P. Hall album from 1995.

[Larry Kart]

The Charlie Mariano composition 'Slan' showed up first in 1955 on the Frank Rosolino album 'Frankly Speaking!' and reappeared on the 1956 Shelly Manne album 'Swinging Sounds'.

That's it. And I've got both of them. It was "The Swinging Sounds" version that was in the back of my mind, but it refused to migrate from back to front.

[Larry Kart]

I'll check to make sure the "Fable of Mabel" one is the same piece, but if so (which seems more than likely), it also more than likely that "Slam!" is a typo or record producer's ignorance/mishearing.

[DukeCity]

Trombonist/Composer Steve Wiest recently recorded a big band CD with a piece called "A Night in Pidruid", inspired by Robert Silverberg's "Lord Valentine's Castle".

[brownie]