Released 1977 Venue The Gallery, New Haven Label Kabell Release date 1977 | Recorded August 4, 1976 Length 40:59 Artist Wadada Leo Smith Genre Jazz | |
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Songs of Humanity
(1977) Mass on the World
(1978) Producers Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Davis Similar Wadada Leo Smith albums, Jazz albums | ||
Song of Humanity is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith with the ensemble New Dalta Akhri, which was recorded live at The Gallery, New Haven, and released in 1977 on his own Kabell label. The album was reissued in 2004 as part of the four-CD box Kabell Years: 1971-1979 on John Zorn's imprint Tzadik.
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Reception
In his review for AllMusic, Eugene Chadbourne states "This, the one existing album of this group, suffers from a syndrome of the time being too short to allow stretching out if it is to include a few different styles of compositions by each writing member of the group, which, in this case, included not only Smith but pianist Anthony Davis."
Track listing
All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith except where noted.
- "Song of Humanity" - 5:13
- "Lexicon" (Anthony Davis) - 7:40
- "Peacocks, Gazelles, Dogwood Trees & Six Silver Coins" - 8:30
- "Of Blues and Dreams" (Anthony Davis) - 11:03
- "Pneuma" - 1:34
- "Tempio" - 6:59
Personnel
References
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