The Song of Singing

The Song of Singing
The Song of Singing
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	February 2, 1971
Recorded	April 7–8, 1970
Studio	A & R, New York City
Genre	Free jazz, post-bop
Length	35:43
Label	Blue Note; BLP 4353; BST 84353
Producer	Sonny Lester
Chick Corea chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

The Song of Singing is a studio album by Chick Corea, recorded over two days in April 1970 and released on Blue Note the following year. The trio, comprising rhythm section Corea, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul, made up three fourths of the free jazz ensemble Circle—missing only Anthony Braxton.

Track listing

Original release

All tracks are written by Barry Altschul, Chick Corea and Dave Holland except as noted

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Toy Room"	Dave Holland	5:51
2.	"Ballad I"		4:17
3.	"Rhymes"	Chick Corea	6:50

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Flesh"	Corea	6:06
2.	"Ballad III"		5:34
3.	"Nefertiti"	Wayne Shorter	7:05

CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Blues Connotation"	Ornette Coleman	7:23
8.	"Ballad II" (not included on the 1987 CD reissue)		6:36
9.	"Drone"		22:25

The 1987 CD reissue added two bonus tracks originally issued in the 1970s on Circling In and Circulus; the 1989 CD reissue added the last unissued track from these recordings sessions.

Personnel

Chick Corea – piano, keyboards
Dave Holland – bass
Barry Altschul – drums

References

^ Chick Corea - The Song of Singing (1971) album at DaveHolland.com
^ Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea - Song of Singing (1971) | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 51. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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[1] Chick Corea - The Song of Singing (1971) album at DaveHolland.com

[AllMusic-2] Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea - Song of Singing (1971) | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 51. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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