Song of Humanity

Song of Humanity
Song of Humanity
Live album by Wadada Leo Smith
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
Wadada Leo Smith chronology

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

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

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

^ "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.

[1] "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[Tzadik-2] Kabell Years: 1971-1979 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine at Wadada Leo Smith

[Allmusic-3] 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.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Creative Music - 1 (1971) Divine Love (1978) Solo Music: Ahkreanvention (1979) Budding of a Rose (1979) Spirit Catcher (1979) Human Rights (1982) Procession of the Great Ancestry (1983) Rastafari (1983) Kulture Jazz (1992) Tao-Njia (1995) Golden Hearts Remembrance (1997) Prataksis (1997) Light Upon Light (released 1999) Reflectativity (2000) Golden Quartet (2000) Lake Biwa (2000-2004) Red Sulphur Sky (2001) The Year of the Elephant (2002) Luminous Axis (2002) Snakish (2005) Compassion (2002) Wisdom in Time (2006) Dark Lady of the Sonnets (2007) America (2008) Abbey Road Quartet (2008) Heart's Reflections (released 2011) Ancestors (2011) Occupy the World (2012) Sonic Rivers (2013) Red Hill (2014) The Great Lakes Suites (2012) Celestial Weather (2012) Najwa (2014) Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (2014 & 2015) A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke (2015) Sacred Ceremonies (2015 & 2016) America's National Parks (2016)
Live albums	Reflectativity (1974) Song of Humanity (1976) The Mass on the World (1978) Touch the Earth (1979) Go in Numbers (1980) If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells (1981) The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer (1986) Condor, Autumn Wind (1997) Organic Resonance (2003) Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace (2003) Tabligh (2005) Spiritual Dimensions (2008 & 2009) Ten Freedom Summers (2011) June 6th 2013 (2013)
Compilations	Kabell Years: 1971–1979