Description
Axelrod’s debut, and a ‘60s masterpiece. Celebrated as psychedelic, the birth of jazz-fusion, the harbinger of hip-hop, Song of Innocence is a hybrid that no one, not even Axelrod himself, could describe. Grounded by Wrecking Crew vets Earl Palmer and Carol Kaye’s funk, torn between the juxtaposition of musical elements, put at ease by Axelrod’s sweeping arrangements, which utilize brass and strings in a way no one in his era did. It’s both violent and sublime. Named after a collection of poems by William Blake, the album would become highly influential, with tracks from the LP later sampled by numerous artists, including J Dilla and DJ Shadow.
Tracklists:
1 Urizen
2 Holy Thursday
3 The Smile
4 A Dream
5 Song of Innocence
6 Merlin's Prophecy
7 The Mental Traveler
