David Axelrod - Song Of Innocence

David Axelrod - Song Of Innocence

Artist:    Axelrod, David
See Also:    Ellington, Duke    Brown, James    Hayes, Isaac    Public Enemy

 

Description:
An expermentation in fusing jazz and rock sounds, David Axelrod`s 1968 album SONGS OF INNOCENCE is a very early example of the sound that would come to be known as jazz fusion.
In 1968, jazz producer and arranger David Axelrod--best known at that point for his hits with Lou Rawls and Cannonball Adderley--was on the staff at Capitol Records` home base in Hollywood. In his spare time, Axelrod teamed up with his friend Dave Hassinger across town at Reprise Records and recorded two bizarrely wonderful classical-rock mash-ups, MASS IN F MINOR and RELEASE OF AN OATH, under the band name the Electric Prunes. (The original Prunes, garage-rock one-hit wonders, had essentially split up, but Hassinger and Reprise still owned the band name.) In response, Capitol signed Axelrod as a performer, and his masterpiece SONG OF INNOCENCE was the first result. An instrumental concerto based on the works of William Blake, SONG OF INNOCENCE is entirely unique: neither rock, jazz, classical, nor easy listening, the album conflates elements of all four into a richly layered whole. Distorted guitars, funky bass lines and drums that were shockingly loud for 1968 (all of which brought this album to the ears of adventurous hip-hop turntablists and producers decades later) blend with churchy organ and symphony-size orchestras on songs like "Holy Thursday" and the epic closer "The Mental Traveler." Imagine if Brian Wilson had suddenly decided to turn SMILE into a prototype for Isaac Hayes`s soundtrack to SHAFT, and you`re halfway there.

 

Track Listing:

• DISC 1
  1. Urizen
  2. Holy Thursday
  3. Smile
  4. Dream
  5. Song of Innocence
  6. Merlin`s Prophecy
  7. Mental Traveler

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Album Information
Release Date:	05/29/2000
Type:	Performer
Genre:	Jazz Instrument
Label:	Capitol Records (UK)
Catalog Number:	5215882
# of Discs:	1
Studio/Live:	Studio
Mono/Stereo:	Stereo

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