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Song of Humanity

1977 live album by Wadada Leo Smith

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]

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Reception

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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

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith except where noted.

  1. "Song of Humanity" - 5:13
  2. "Lexicon" (Anthony Davis) - 7:40
  3. "Peacocks, Gazelles, Dogwood Trees & Six Silver Coins" - 8:30
  4. "Of Blues and Dreams" (Anthony Davis) - 11:03
  5. "Pneuma" - 1:34
  6. "Tempio" - 6:59

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. [2]
    Kabell Years: 1971-1979 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine at Wadada Leo Smith
  3. [3]
    Chadbourne, Eugene. Wadada Leo Smith - Song of Humanity: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  4. [4]
    Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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