Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America

Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America is an album by violinist and composer Leroy Jenkins. It was recorded in August and September 1978, and was released on LP by Tomato Records in 1979. On the album, Jenkins is joined by George Lewis on electronics and trombone, Richard Teitelbaum on synthesizer, Anthony Davis on electric piano and piano, and Andrew Cyrille on percussion.

The album consists of two contrasting sides. Side A, marked "Play loud," is a single, long, suite-like composition titled "Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America," featuring electronic instruments, while side B, marked "Play soft," features four pieces played on acoustic instruments. Jenkins explained the album title: "Space Minds" concerns "the space age and how that will affect the minds of people in the future." "New Worlds" pertains to "the way certain things — ideas, nations — are going down and others are coming up, with science moving into new worlds... a new consciousness." Regarding "Survival of America," Jenkins stated: "America seems to be the key to the world's relations, so that means survival period."