Ilhan Mimaroglu, Freddie Hubbard
Sing Me A Song Of Songmy, A Fantasy For Electromagnetic Tape (LP)
FormatLPLabelEndless HappinessGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Big tip! Sing Me a Song of Songmy 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. It is considered as one of Hubbard's most experimental albums.
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Sing Me a Song of Songmy (subtitled "A Fantasy For Electromagnetic Tape") is a moving anti-war statement by Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and Turkish musician Ilhan Mimaroglu, released in 1971. It is one of Hubbard's most experimental albums, boasting a variety of processed sounds emanating from tapes.
| A1 | Threnody For Sharon Tate | ||
| A2 | This Is Combat, I Know | ||
| A3 | The Crowd | ||
| A4 | What A Good Time For A Kent State | ||
| B1 | Monodrama | ||
| B2 | Black Soldier | ||
| B3 | Interlude I | ||
| B4 | Interlude II | ||
| B5 | And Yet, There Could Be Love | ||
| B6 | Postlude |
- Pablo Picasso
- Artwork
- Freddie Hubbard
- Trumpet
