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Song For
Song For
Studio album by Joseph Jarman
Released	1967
Recorded	December 16, 1966; October 20, 1966 (tracks 2,5)
Studio	Sound Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:47 (LP); 51:37 (CD)
Label	Delmark
Producer	Robert G. Koester
Joseph Jarman chronology

Song For is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist Joseph Jarman, recorded in 1966 and released on the Delmark label.

Background

Jarman's regular quintet with saxophonist Fred Anderson, trumpeter Billy Brimfield, bassist Charles Clark and drummer Thurman Barker was augmented for the record by another drummer, Steve McCall, and a new figure, pianist Christopher Gaddy, who had just returned from army service. Gaddy died on March 12, 1968, at age 24. Song For was his only recorded performance.^[1] Before joining Jarman, Anderson and Brimfield co-led a quartet which was one of the seminal AACM group.^[2]

Music

"Adam's Rib" is a Brimfield tune, while "Little Fox Run"" is an Anderson composition (the CD edition adds an unissued take of this piece). “Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City” is a work combining music with an extended poem by Jarman himself.^[1]

Reception

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

Scott Yanow, in his review for AllMusic claims "this music was the next step in jazz after the high-energy passions of the earlier wave of the avant-garde started to run out of fresh ideas".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz states about the album "Of great documentary and historical significance, though unlikely to effect any dramatic conversions."^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Joseph Jarman except as indicated

"Little Fox Run" (Fred Anderson) - 7:05
"Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City" - 14:06
"Adam's Rib" (Billy Brimfield) - 5:57
"Song For" - 13:39

Bonus track on CD

"Little Fox Run (Unissued)" (Fred Anderson) - 10:50

Personnel

Joseph Jarman - alto sax, recitation
Bill Brimfield - trumpet (does not appear on track 2)
Fred Anderson - tenor sax (does not appear on track 2)
Christopher Gaddy - piano, marimba
Charles Clark - bass
Thurman Barker - drums
Steve McCall - drums (does not appear on tracks 2,5)

References

^ ^a ^b Lewis, George (2008). A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 141, 143, 187. ISBN 9780226476957.
^ Original Liner Notes by J.B. Figi
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Joseph Jarman – Song For: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 112. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 778. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.