Description: Freddie Hubbard SING ME A SONG OF SONGMY (A Fantasy For Electromagnetic Tape) Atlantic Records SD 1576 1971 1st Ed.Label:Atlantic – SD 1576Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, PR - Presswell Pressing, GatefoldCountry:USReleased:1971Genre:Electronic, JazzStyle:Free Jazz, Modern Classical, Experimental, Avant-garde Jazz, Musique ConcrèteTracklistSing Me A Song Of Songmy, Part I(19:43)AaThrenody For Sharon TateAbThis Is Combat, I KnowAcThe CrowdAdWhat A Good Time For A Kent StateSing Me A Song Of Songmy, Part II(21:15)BaMonodramaBbBlack SoldierBcInterlude IBdInterlude IIBeAnd Yet, There Could Be LoveBfPostludeManufactured By – Atlantic Recording CorporationPressed By – PresswellLacquer Cut At – Atlantic StudiosReleasedAugust 1971Recorded July 20 and August 10, 1970Regent Sound Studios, New York CityArtwork – Pablo PicassoBass – Art Booth*Chorus – The Barnard-Columbia ChorusConductor – Daniel Paget, Gene Orloff, Selwart ClarkeConductor, Organ – Arif MardinDrums – Louis HayesMastered By – George PirosPiano – Kenny BarronRead By [Reciters] – Charles Grau, Freddie Hubbard, Mary Ann Hoxworth, Nhā-Khê*Synthesizer, Sounds, Mixed By, Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – İlhan Mimaroğlu*Tenor Saxophone – Junior CookTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Freddie HubbardNotesFreddie Hubbard and his quintet, with reciters, chorus, string orchestra, Hammond organ, synthesized and processed sounds. Composed & recorded at Regent Sound Studios, NYC, on poems by Fazil Husnu Daglarca & other texts. Etched runoutsMatrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-712117 PRMatrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-A-712118 PRMatrix / Runout (Side A runout): ST-A-712117A ATRP PRMatrix / Runout (Side B runout): ST-A712118A AT-RP PR Sing Me a Song of Songmy (subtitled "A Fantasy For Electromagnetic Tape") is an album-length composition by avant-garde Turkish composer İlhan Mimaroğlu, released in 1971. Principal performers include jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and Mimaroğlu himself. The piece includes a chorus, strings, recitations of poems by Fazil Husnu Daglarca and other texts, organists and tape-based musique concrète, as well as Hubbard's jazz quintet: (tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Art Booth and drummer Louis Hayes). It was Hubbard's fifth album released on the Atlantic label, and is one of his most experimental albums. It is regarded as an example of experimental music and musique concrète. “Songmy” in the album title is a reference to “Son My”, a village in South Vietnam, the location of the mass murder, rape and mutilation of some 400 unarmed civilians by the US Army during its Vietnam campaign in 1968. The material on the album is heavily socio-political in tone, drawing on high-profile contemporary events like the Kent State shootings; the Tate–LaBianca murders; the Vietnam War; and the then escalating American protests against the war. Mimaroğlu used his influence as an executive producer for Atlantic Records to produce an unusually high-budget album of avant-garde music. The music is a fusion of post-bop jazz with musique concrete, salted with poetry and text fragments, and united by a generally anti-war message. The format is that of a montage, in which there are not always obvious breaks between one section, or one subsection and the next. In the original Atlantic release the gatefold jacket included a collage of material drawn from various books and newspapers, which paralleled the tone of the music. On the whole, the album was not a commercial success, but it has been re-released on CD, and continues to garner positive reviews as an important work of 20th century avant-garde/jazz fusion music.
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Artist: Freddie Hubbard / İlhan Mİmaroğlu
Speed: 33RPM
Composer: İlhan Mİmaroğlu
Record Label: Atlantic Records
Release Title: Sing Me A Song Of Songmy (A Fantasy For Electromagnetic Tape)
Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve
Fidelity Level: High-Fidelity
Material: Vinyl
Inlay Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Catalog Number: SD 1576
Edition: 1st Edition
Type: Lp
Format: Record
Record Grading: Mint (M)
Release Year: 1971
Sleeve Grading: Excellent (EX)
Record Size: 12"
Style: Free Jazz, Modern Classical, Experimental, Avant-garde Jazz, Musique Concrète
Genre: Electronic, Jazz
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Audio Channels: Stereo