Song of Humanity

Song of Humanity
Live album by
Released1977
RecordedAugust 4, 1976
VenueThe Gallery, New Haven
GenreJazz
Length40:59
LabelKabell
ProducerWadada Leo Smith, Wes Brown, Anthony Davis
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Reflectativity
(1975)
Song of Humanity
(1977)
The Mass on the World
(1978)

Song of Humanity is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith with the ensemble New Dalta Akhri. It 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]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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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

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References

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