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.[1] The album was reissued in 2004 as part of the four-CD box Kabell Years: 1971-1979 on John Zorn's imprint Tzadik.[2]
| Song of Humanity | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | August 4, 1976 | |||
| Venue | The Gallery, New Haven | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:59 | |||
| Label | Kabell | |||
| Producer | Wadada Leo Smith, Wes Brown, Anthony Davis | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
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."[3]
Track listing edit
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 edit
- Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn, sealhorn, atenteben, steel-o-phone, percussion
- Oliver Lake - flute, soprano sax, alto sax, marimba, percussion
- Anthony Davis - piano, electric piano, organ
- Wes Brown - bass, atenteben, odurogyabe
- Pheeroan AkLaff - drums, percussion
References edit
- ^ "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Kabell Years: 1971-1979 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine at Wadada Leo Smith
- ^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene. Wadada Leo Smith - Song of Humanity: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.