Jazz Songs

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#6 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Fermenti 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy

Notes

Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)

Sermi # SR 04

Italian. Jazz.

Notes

Also known as J. D'Ardena

Theme: Anti-War

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#7 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Grande muraglia 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy

Notes

Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)

Sermi # SR 04

Italian. Jazz.

Notes

Also known as J. D'Ardena

Theme: Anti-War

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#8 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Orde 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy

Notes

Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)

Sermi # SR 04

Italian. Jazz.

Notes

Also known as J. D'Ardena

Theme: Anti-War

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#9 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Vietcong 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy

Notes

Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)

Sermi # SR 04

Italian. Jazz.

Notes

Also known as J. D'Ardena

Themes: Anti-War VC

Also in: ▤ Lundberg's "An Open Letter" & Answer Songs ▤ Draft Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

1967

#10 Freddie Roach Johnny's Comin' Home No More 1967 · Single · My People (Soul People) / Johnny's Comin' Home No More · Prestige # 45-454 · USA

Notes

Soul jazz.
B-side: soldier killed in action (KIA), all dreams gone
Leans anti-war

A-side: Civil Rights, economic protest

Notes

Prestige 45-454, Side 2, blue-grey label, Prestige Records Inc., 203 S. Washington Ave., Bergenfield, N.J.; "Johnny's Comin' Home No More" (Freddie Roach / Avatar Prods. / ASCAP), time 2:58; "Vocal-Organ-Arr. by Freddie Roach", "Taken from PR 7507", produced by Don Schlitten. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Soldier's Perspective K.I.A.

Genres: ♪ Jazz Soul Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

#11 Dick Clair Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad) 1967 · Single · Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad) / Tell That Joke · Imperial # 66272 · USA

Annotation

The song "Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad)" (Imperial Records # 66272), by Dick Clair, another very interesting answer record which took a comedy approach, poking fun at Victor Lundberg. Musically, the song is just a jazz piano, with Dick Clair speaking over it. Printed on the single is the date "11 December 1967". The track started with the son (the narrator) driving down the freeway, when all of a sudden he heard his father on the radio, dictating a letter. The narrator wondered why they did not just sit down, man to man. The narrator took a swipe at the money Lundberg would be making from his hit record and he brushed off Lundberg's comments about god. Moreover, he said that "draft card burning isn't my kind of gesture, picketing the Pentagon is more my thing" .

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Imperial 66272 (IM-6413), "Audition Record" label, a product of Liberty Records, a Division of Liberty Records, Inc., Los Angeles, California; "Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad)" (Richard Clair, Jenna McMahon, Ed Scott), 2:40, Asa Music Co., ASCAP. The label is date-stamped "DEC 11 1967". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Lyrics

English

Hi dad...Chee, it's nice to hear from you, it's been years

I was kind of surprised you didn't send your letter through the mail instead of making a record

But then you always were a character and we've never been too close

There is no reasons for us not to just sit down and have a man to man talk

Hey, it's lucky I caught it, I never listen to the radio, I was driving down the freeway and it just happened to come on

Of course I knew it was you right away, who could mistake your voice...

I've only got a minute, I couldn't afford a group of musicians, but a friend of mine came along with me to play the piano....

It's kind of expensive these recording sessions...

But you always had a sharp eye for business...

Now lets see, the weather is good, that cold snap is finally over, not much else new

Dad I only heard the record once, not sure if I got it all straight, I had to take a turnoff the freeway right in the middle of it there

But I think you said that I can keep my hair long as long as I keep thinking thoughts like Washington and Lincoln

That god is probably alive, and that if I burned my draft card I'm not your son

You seemed a little testy there at the end

I think it is terrific you approve of long hair

I actually cut it dad, I got a crew cut just before I heard from you

Kind of sorry about it now, hadn't thought of that Washington/Lincoln comparison, that's groovy

I don't remember asking you if god is alive, that must of been Joey, sounds more like him

He was always the theologian in the family, but I'm glad to see you've given it a lot of thought

I appreciated hearing your views on that

You mentioned how much you enjoyed a summers day

Glad to see you are getting out of the bank once and a while...

You make a lot of concessions to the younger generation in your letter and I appreciate it dad

I think you got a little dogmatic at the end

But don't worry, draft card burning isn't my kind of gesture

Picketing the Pentagon is more my thing

Gosh I have a million things to say

They're giving me the old signal from the control booth, so guess I'll close

Pardon the diction...

Hope to hear from you soon, I'll keep my radio on

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Themes: Draft Anti-War Answer to Open Letter

Genre: ♪ Narration

#12 Paul von B & Dave Block Images of Napalm on Christmas Eve 1966 1967 · Single · Cataclysm, Conquest & Catharsis..Now! · Breakthrough # 10012 · USA

Notes

Images of Napalm on Christmas Eve 1966 (Block, Dave & Paul von B.)

Themes: Anti-War Napalm Christmas

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Christmas Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

1969

#13 Cal Green Johnny's Gone to Vietnam 1969 · Single · Johnny's Gone to Vietnam / Trippin' · Mutt & Jeff # MJ22 · USA

Annotation

The soul jazz track "Johnny's Gone to Vietnam" (Mutt & Jeff Records # 22) as suggested by the title, was about a man who had gone to fight the war in Vietnam. This is an instrumental, so no political views can be determined from the actual record. It featured in the album Trippin' With Cal Green (Mutt & Jeff Records # MJ-001). Cal Green was born in Texas, in 1937.¹

Sources

1 a1artists.net ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Mutt & Jeff Records 22 (017), yellow label with hand-drawn stars, phone 213-461-4781, "Manufactured by Mutt & Jeff Productions, Inc."; "Johnny's Gone to Vietnam" (Green - Jefferson), Little Jeff (BMI), time 2:59; "From the LP title 'Trippin With Cal Green'"; produced by Joe Jefferson for Joey Jefferson Prod. Corp. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz Fusion

Also in: ▤ US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years]

#14 Les McCann & Eddie Harris Compared to What 1969 · Single · Compared to What / Cold Duck · Atlantic # 2694 · USA

Annotation

The protest song "Compared to What" (Atlantic # 2694), written by soul vocalist Gene McDaniels, became a hit with this jazz version, recorded live at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival. Inspired by the civil rights and Vietnam War protest movement, McDaniels' angry lyrics first appeared on the opening track of Roberta Flack's debut album First Take (see the single Compared to What). McCann and Harris took Flack's delicate soul version and added strength to the beat, which took their album Swiss Movement to the top of the jazz charts. The song went on to be covered by over 250 artists, such Mr. Flood's Party (Compared to What) and Ray Charles (Compared to What).¹² The narrator noted "the President, he’s got his war, folks don’t know just what it’s for" .

Sources

1 YouTube ↩
2 YouTube ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

I love the lie and lie the love

A-Hangin' on, with push and shove

Possession is the motivation that is hangin' up the God-damn nation

Looks like we always end up in a rut (everybody now!)

Tryin' to make it real, compared to what? C'mon baby!

Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs

Twisted children killin' frogs

Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs

Tired old lady kissin' dogs

I hate the human love of that stinking mutt (I can't use it!)

Try to make it real, compared to what? C'mon baby now!

The President, he's got his war

Folks don't know just what it's for

Nobody gives us rhyme or reason

Have one doubt, they call it treason

We're chicken-feathers, all without one nut

God damn it!

Tryin' to make it real, compared to what? (Sock it to me)

Church on Sunday, sleep and nod

Tryin' to duck the wrath of God

Preacher's fillin' us with fright

They all tryin' to teach us what they think is right

They really got to be some kind of nut (I can't use it!)

Tryin' to make it real, compared to what?

Where's that bee and where's that honey?

Where's my God and where's my money?

Unreal values, crass distortion

Unwed mothers need abortion

Kind of brings to mind ol' young King Tut (He did it now)

Tried to make it real, compared to what?!

Tryin' to make it real, compared to what?

Show full lyrics (32 lines) ▾

Themes: Anti-War Civil Rights

Genres: ♪ Jazz Soul Jazz

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#15 Hugh Masekela Riot 1969 · Single · Riot / Mace and Grenades · Uni # 55102 · South Africa

Notes

Mace and Grenades (Masekela, Hugh)

Jazz, anti-war.
Napalm, bombs, atomic weapon, machine guns.
B-side: "Riots" instrumental

Notes

Uni 55102, multicoloured swirl label, Chisa Productions logo; "Mace and Grenades" (H. Masekela), vocal, (.211), 2:57, and "Riot" (H. Masekela), instrumental, (.210), both Llee Corporation, BMI; "Directed by Stewart Levine", "From UNI album 73041, 'Masekela'"; "Universal City Records, A Division of MCA Inc., 8255 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90046 U.S.A." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Afro-Jazz Soul Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

#16 Hugh Masekela Mace and Grenades 1969 · Single · Riot / Mace and Grenades · Uni # 55102 · South Africa

Annotation: see “Riot” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Napalm Atomic

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Afro-Jazz Soul Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

#17 Garry Sherman Alice's Restaurant Massacree 1969 · Single · Alice's Restaurant Massacree / The Let Down · United Artists # UA 50589 · USA

Credited on the record as Garry Sherman & His Orchestra.

Notes

United Artists Records UA 50589 (UA 4973), white promotional label marked "Promotion Copy — Not for Sale" and "Plug Side"; "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (Arlo Guthrie), Appleseed Music, Inc., ASCAP, time 3:25; arranged and produced by Garry Sherman; "United Artists Records, Inc., a Transamerica Corporation, New York, N.Y. 10019", made in U.S.A. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Draft Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#18 Craig Hundley One Tin Soldier 1969 · Single · One Tin Soldier / South American Getaway · World Pacific # 77935 · USA

Notes

World Pacific 77935 (WP-706-S), "Promotion Copy Not for Sale"; "One Tin Soldier" (Dennis Lambert-Brian Potter), 2:20, Cents and Pence Music Co. BMI, "From the World Pacific Jazz Album 'Rhapsody in Blue' WPS-21900"; arranged by Craig Hundley, produced by Richard Bock, engineer Bert Agudelo. Liberty/UA, Inc., Los Angeles, California. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Billy Jack

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#19 Stanley Cowell Blues for the Viet Cong 1969 · Album · Polydor # 583 740 · USA

Notes

"Blues for the Viet Cong" [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]

Themes: Anti-War VC

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#20 Prich Jesus and Bobby Seale Are Liberals 1969 · Single · Jesus and Bobby Seale Are Liberals / Reflections Prior to Vietnam · FTA TLC # TS69-967 · USA

Notes

Reflections Prior to Vietnam (Prich)

Notes

45 rpm. Recorded at Technisonic Studios (Discogs company credit, listed under TS69-967 and TS69-968). Discogs genre: Funk / Soul; no writer credits on Discogs.

Themes: Anti-War Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#21 Prich Reflections Prior to Vietnam 1969 · Single · Jesus and Bobby Seale Are Liberals / Reflections Prior to Vietnam · FTA TLC # TS69-967 · USA

Notes

Reflections Prior to Vietnam (Prich)

Notes

45 rpm. Recorded at Technisonic Studios (Discogs company credit, listed under TS69-967 and TS69-968 – likely the side matrix numbers). Discogs genre: Funk / Soul; no writer credits on Discogs.

Themes: Anti-War Civil Rights

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

1970

#22 Gil Scott-Heron Comment #1 1970 · Album · Small Talk at 125th and Lenox · Flying Dutchman # FDS 131 · USA

Annotation

In the track "Comment #1" (Flying Dutchman # FDS 131) Scott-Heron talked about the history of America with particularly reference to slavery, false freedoms and false revolution: "Democracy, liberty, and justice were revolutionary code names...in the mother country's crotch and behold a baby girl was born, nurtured by slave holders and whitey racists it grew and grew and grew screwing indiscriminately" . He then turned his attention to the anti-war movement - in particular, white college kids who "vomit up slogans to stay out of Vietnam" - but who, according to Scott-Heron, did not face the struggles that African-Americans did everyday. Thus, a reflection of 1960s Civil Rights and race relations.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

Young, very young, teeny bopping revolt on weekend young

Dig by proxy what a mental ass kicking they receive

Through institutionalized everything and vomit up slogans to stay out of Vietnam

They seek to hide their relationship with the world's prostitute

Alienating themselves from everything except dirt and money with long hair

Themes: Anti-War Civil Rights

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Soul

#23 The Last Poets Run, Nigger 1970 · Album · The Last Poets · Douglas # 3 · USA

Annotation

Artist background

Formed on 19 May 1968, the anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, The Last Poets pioneered jazz poetry with social and political raps and rhythms, paving the way for the emergence of hip-hop. The collective, based in Harlem, New York, had several line-ups. Their debut 1970 album The Last Poets had two Vietnam War-related protest songs: "Run, Nigger" and "Surprises". The 1971 album Right On! featured "Die Nigga", referencing Vietnam and the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. The 1972 album Chastisment contained "Black Soldier" and "Hands Off". Their 1977 album Delights of the Garden included the song "Ho Chi Minh" about Vietnam and 1970s protests.

Run, Nigger (Last Poets, The)
Surprises (Last Poets, The)

Vietnam, demonstrations, Civil Rights, George Wallace etc.
Anti-war, protest.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Themes: Anti-War Demonstration Civil Rights

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz Poetry

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#24 The Last Poets Surprises 1970 · Album · The Last Poets · Douglas # 3 · USA

Annotation: see “Run, Nigger” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Civil Rights

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz Poetry

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#25 Charlie Haden We Shall Overcome 1970 · Album · Liberation Music Orchestra · Impulse! # AS-9183 · USA

Annotation: see “Run, Nigger” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Chicago Seven

#28 Hieno sää [Nice Weather] #29 Keskisyksyn juhla [Mid-Autumn Festival] #30 Matkallelähtö ennen amunkoittoa [Departure Before Dawn] #31 Jalkaraudat

Also in: ▤ 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#26 Ramsey Lewis The Unsilent Minority 1970 · Album · Them Changes · Cadet # LPS-844 · USA

Credited on the record as Ramsey Lewis & Co..

Notes

Jazz instrumental

Notes

Cadet 5674 (18640), blue label; "Unsilent Minority" (R. Lewis), 3:40, Ramsel Publishing, BMI; arranged by Ramsey Lewis; "Produced by Ramsey Lewis for Ramsel Recording Co."; "Mfg. by Chess Producing Corp., Chicago, IL 60616". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Silent Majority

Genres: ♪ Jazz Soul Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#27 Ramsey Lewis The Unsilent Minority 1970 · Album · Them Changes · Cadet # LPS-844 · USA

Credited on the record as Ramsey Lewis & Co..

Annotation

Jazz instrumental

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Themes: Anti-War Silent Majority

Genres: ♪ Jazz Soul Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#28–31 Timo Tuomisto Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja 1970 · EP · Love # LREP 110 · Finland

All 4 songs from this ep in the archive are in this collection

Annotation

Jazz-rock EP (Love Records # LREP 110), putting the poems of the North Vietnamese leader Hồ Chí Minh to music, featuring: "Hieno sää" ( "Nice Weather" ), "Jalkaraudat" , "Keskisyksyn juhla" ( "Mid-Autumn Festival" ), and "Matkallelähtö ennen amunkoittoa" ( "Departure Before Dawn" ). Recorded at the House of Culture in Helsinki, Finland.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

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#28 Timo Tuomisto Hieno sää [Nice Weather] 1970 · EP · Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja · Love # LREP 110 · Finland

Annotation

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective Vietnamese Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz-Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#29 Timo Tuomisto Keskisyksyn juhla [Mid-Autumn Festival] 1970 · EP · Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja · Love # LREP 110 · Finland

Annotation: see “Hieno sää [Nice Weather]” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective Vietnamese Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz-Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#30 Timo Tuomisto Matkallelähtö ennen amunkoittoa [Departure Before Dawn] 1970 · EP · Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja · Love # LREP 110 · Finland

Annotation: see “Hieno sää [Nice Weather]” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective Vietnamese Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz-Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#31 Timo Tuomisto Jalkaraudat 1970 · EP · Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja · Love # LREP 110 · Finland

Annotation: see “Hieno sää [Nice Weather]” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective Vietnamese Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz-Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#32–37 Rosko Massacre at My Lai 1970 · Album · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA

All 6 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Annotation

A spoken word release (Flying Dutchman # FDS-118) in which Rosko narrated the newspaper articles of Pete Hamill - an American journalist who in the 1960s wrote for the New York Post, reporting from Vietnam.¹ It took a highly critical view of the Vietnam War, the military, and the politicians of the era, such as President Eisenhower and President Nixon. Produced by Bob Thiele, founder of Flying Dutchman, it featured background music from Ron Carter (bass) and James Spaulding (flute). Nat Hentoff, music critic and historian, wrote the linear notes to the record. Hamill also wrote the words for the 1970 record Murder at Kent State University (Flying Dutchman # FDS-127).

Billboard noted the album on 28 February 1970, saying that "Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label again collaborated with WNEW-FM's Rosko...to spotlight writer Peter Hamill's description of the alleged 'Massacre at My Lai' in Vietnam. A dramatic contribution to anti-war literature...a followup to Robert Scheer's A Night at Santa Rita, another attempt at creative criticism against US militarism and censorship".² Hamill argued that while "poor, dumb Calley, will be court martialed" the politicians would be able to write their memoirs, and the military leaders would be free. But Hamill also said that following orders was not an acceptable excuse to commit a massacre. In the first track, "The War Crimes" , he described the war as "the obscene slime of Asia" .

Sources

1 Wikipedia: William (Rosko) Mercer ↩
2 Billboard, 28 February 1970 ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

#32 The War Crimes #33 The Deserters #34 In Memoriam #35 The Killers #36 Letter From a Soldier #37 The War

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#32 Rosko The War Crimes 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation

Sources

1 Wikipedia: William (Rosko) Mercer ↩
2 Billboard, 28 February 1970 ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

Poor, lost America, clean, honorable, decent, even naive

Now wallowing in the obscene slime of Asia

In the 50s the Republicans got away with everything because they had a war hero heading the cast

Now we are paying for all of it

It was Eisenhower who made Nixon respectable....

It was Eisenhower who allowed John Foster Dulles to indulge his missionary brand of foreign policy

Nixon went on T.V. to tell of the communist massacres

Massacres that cannot be justified...

But he only sends his press secretary to talk about Song My...

Lt. Calley, who was just another digit in a military system that has been morally corrupted

Poor, dumb Calley, will be court martialed

Themes: Anti-War My Lai Anti-Calley Calley-Order

Genres: ♪ Jazz Spoken Word

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#33 Rosko The Deserters 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “The War Crimes” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Spoken Word

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#34 Rosko In Memoriam 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “The War Crimes” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Spoken Word

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#35 Rosko The Killers 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation

In the track "The Killers" , Hamill suggested that all Americans "share in mass murder" . He referenced Ronald L. Haeberle - a United States Army photographer who took the photographs of the My Lai Massacre in March 1968. He sold his private photographs to The Plain Dealer, which published them on 20 November 1969.³⁴

Sources

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

All of us must sleep tonight in the knowledge that we share

In mass murder, can we look deep into the photographs by Ronald L. Haeberle and deny what they tell us?

That girl...she is about 10 and terrified

Hiding behind a shrunken woman

In a moment she is about to be liberated forever by the guns of Americans

We don't know her name...we will never know

Themes: Anti-War My Lai Anti-Calley Ronald L. Haeberle

Genres: ♪ Jazz Spoken Word

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#36 Rosko Letter From a Soldier 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “The Killers” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Spoken Word

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#37 Rosko The War 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “The Killers” above (same release).

#38 The Last Press Conference #39 The Army of the Young #40 Four Children Are Still Dead #41 Hair #42 Hard Hats and Cops #43 Introduction #44 No Symphony for the Devil #45 USA Allaway

Genres: ♪ Jazz Spoken Word

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#38–45 Rosko Murder at Kent State University 1970 · Album · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

All 8 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Annotation

A largely spoken word release, with musical background (Flying Dutchman # FDS-127) in which Rosko narrated the newspaper articles of Pete Hamill - an American journalist who in the 1960s wrote for the New York Post, reporting from Vietnam.¹ It took a highly critical view of the Vietnam War, the military, and the politicians of the era, such as President Eisenhower and President Nixon. Produced by Bob Thiele, founder of Flying Dutchman, it featured background music from Ron Carter (bass) and James Spaulding (flute). Nat Hentoff, music critic and historian, wrote the linear notes to the record. Hamill also wrote the words for the 1970 record Massacre at My Lai (Flying Dutchman # FDS-118). On the front cover appeared a painting of John Filo's photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling next to Jeffrey Miller's body.

Billboard wrote an article about the album on 6 June 1970, reporting that "Bob Thiele's Fluing Dutchman label is releasing...a documentary album compiled from the columns of New York Post writer, Pete Hamill. This is the fourth album in a series of social comment LP's....Said Thiele: 'I also have tape of the Richard Nixon remark about 'student bums' and some comments by Vice President Agnew, including the 'intellectual snobs' remark. I think the new album is the most provocative of all - it show the gap between the administration and the young people today'".² One of those other albums was A Night at Santa Rita (Flying Dutchman # FDS-111), about the People's Park protest at the University of California in Berkeley in May 1969, from the perspective of the journalist Robert Scheer.

So Hamill sought to establish the general context of the protests throughout the US, such as the Cambodia invasion and the history of the Vietnam War. The track "The Last Press Conference" started by quoting Richard Nixon, talking about the war as the Vice-President on 16 April 1954: "If to avoid communist expansion in Asia and Indochina...we must put our boys in, I think the executive...has to do" . Hamill then noted "There are four dead Americans at the campus of Kent State University, gunned down by other Americans...from Indochina we hear news...of moving into Cambodia. Burning, and shooting, and destroying" . In the track "The Army of the Young" , Hamill focused on the aftermath of a demonstration in Washington, in which the young had all gone home, with their "style, energy, sweetness, outrage, and courage" . He condemned the Washington political elite, and said that the Capitol had "sold itself to the lies and crimes of old men" .

Sources

1 Pete Hamill: Biography ↩
2 Billboard, 6 June 1970 ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

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#38 Rosko The Last Press Conference 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation

Sources

1 Pete Hamill: Biography ↩
2 Billboard, 6 June 1970 ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

There is still a taste of tear gas in the air

But the weekend is now over

The army of the young has gone home, taking with it, its style, energy, sweetness, outrage, and courage

It might never come back...

They came screaming into town early on Friday and by Saturday

There were thousands of them...

Invading the privileged sanctuaries of the old...

Washington has always seemed a dull...town filled with grey bureaucrats...

But on this weekend it seemed something far worse

Now it feels like a town whose confidence has cracked

The capitol of a nation...has sold itself to the lies and crimes of old men

English

There it was on television, that makes it true doesn't it

I mean if they say it on television it has to be right...

But it can't be right, nobody would shoot on a campus...

Kids in the National Guard are just kids who aren't in Vietnam

They're not different, they're not shoot-em-uppers...

Maybe if I close my eyes I will think I heard wrong

I close my eyes, four children still are dead

Four mothers now must learn to teach a child to say please and thank you is no longer enough

Children now must learn that bullets kill and when the National Guard shoots, you have to duck

Four father are not fathers anymore...

In this, a world of mourning, I weep for the children that died and for the children that killed them

Show full lyrics (25 lines) ▾

Themes: Kent State Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Narration Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#39 Rosko The Army of the Young 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “The Last Press Conference” above (same release).

Lyrics

English

There is still a taste of tear gas in the air

But the weekend is now over

The army of the young has gone home, taking with it, its style, energy, sweetness, outrage, and courage

It might never come back...

They came screaming into town early on Friday and by Saturday

There were thousands of them...

Invading the privileged sanctuaries of the old...

Washington has always seemed a dull...town filled with grey bureaucrats...

But on this weekend it seemed something far worse

Now it feels like a town whose confidence has cracked

The capitol of a nation...has sold itself to the lies and crimes of old men

There it was on television, that makes it true doesn't it

I mean if they say it on television it has to be right...

But it can't be right, nobody would shoot on a campus...

Kids in the National Guard are just kids who aren't in Vietnam

They're not different, they're not shoot-em-uppers...

Maybe if I close my eyes I will think I heard wrong

I close my eyes, four children still are dead

Four mothers now must learn to teach a child to say please and thank you is no longer enough

Children now must learn that bullets kill and when the National Guard shoots, you have to duck

Four father are not fathers anymore...

In this, a world of mourning, I weep for the children that died and for the children that killed them

Show full lyrics (23 lines) ▾

Themes: Kent State Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Narration Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#40 Rosko Four Children Are Still Dead 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation

The final track, "Four Children Are Still Dead" , a poem composed by Lois Wyse, expressed disbelief that the National Guard - "just kids who aren't in Vietnam" - had gunned down the four students: "it can't be right" . She watched television in shock at the events, which made it more real. She also said that from now on, it was not enough for parents to teach their children to say 'please' and 'thank you'. Now they had to be taught how to duck bullets.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

There it was on television, that makes it true doesn't it

I mean if they say it on television it has to be right...

But it can't be right, nobody would shoot on a campus...

Kids in the National Guard are just kids who aren't in Vietnam

They're not different, they're not shoot-em-uppers...

Maybe if I close my eyes I will think I heard wrong

I close my eyes, four children still are dead

Four mothers now must learn to teach a child to say please and thank you is no longer enough

Children now must learn that bullets kill and when the National Guard shoots, you have to duck

Four father are not fathers anymore...

In this, a world of mourning, I weep for the children that died and for the children that killed them

Themes: Kent State Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Narration Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#41 Rosko Hair 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).

Themes: Kent State Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Narration Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#42 Rosko Hard Hats and Cops 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).

Themes: Kent State Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Narration Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#43 Rosko Introduction 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).

Themes: Kent State Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Narration Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#44 Rosko No Symphony for the Devil 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).

Themes: Kent State Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Narration Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#45 Rosko USA Allaway 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA

Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.

Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).

Themes: Kent State Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Narration Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#46 Leon Thomas Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 1 1970 · Single · Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 1 / Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 2 · Flying Dutchman # FD 26009 · USA

Annotation

Leon Thomas, born on 4 October 1937 in East Saint-Louis, Illinois, USA, and died on 8 May 1999 in New York, USA, an American Avant-Garde Jazz musician, released the song "Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam)" (Flying Dutchman # FD 26009), split into two tracks across this single. It featured on the 1969 album Spirits Known and Unknown (Flying Dutchman # FD-10115). The single received limited coverage in Billboard magazine.¹

This song had a blues structure and tone, taking a strong anti-war position: "it’s a dirty mean war" . The narrator declared "you can throw me in jail, but I ain’t goin’ to Vietnam" . The song particularly took note of the use of napalm and its indiscriminate use: "got to drop some napalm... never see the guy he’s got to kill" - chemical weapon Napalm B - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline. Declared a war-crime since 1980, the US government extensively used this weapon during the Vietnam conflict, dropping 388,000 tons on Indochina between 1963 and 1973.²³⁴⁵

Sources

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Flying Dutchman FD 26009, vocal, white promotional labels marked "Promotional — Not for Sale", 45 RPM; "A Product of Flying Dutchman Productions Ltd., 65 W. 55th St., New York 10019", "Distributed by Mainstream Records, Inc.", made in USA. "Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part I" (Leon Thomas), Nuwaupu Publishing, ASCAP, 2:35, master no. ZTSP 148895/63749; "Part II" (Leon Thomas), 1:33, master no. ZTSP 148896/63749A. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Lyrics

English

You can call me crazy

But I ain’t goin’ to Vietnam

You can do what you want

But I ain’t goin’ to Vietnam

’Cause it’s a dirty mean war and nobody seems to give a damn

They got boys upon the frontline and boys upon the backline too

They got so many weapons

What do they need from me and you

Lord Lord Lord, how can a man get a thrill

Won’t somebody tell me how is a man supposed to get a thrill

If he’s got to drop some napalm

And never see the guy he’s got to kill

How much does it cost to fly a man up to the moon

When I think of the hungry children that I see every afternoon

So I’m singing, going crazy

But I ain’t goin’ to Vietnam

You can throw me in jail

But I ain’t goin’ to Vietnam

’Cause it’s a dirty mean war

And nobody seems to give a damn

Won’t somebody tell me

How is a man supposed to get a thrill

Lord Lord Lord how can a man get a thrill

If he’s got to drop some napalm

And never see the guy he’s got to kill

How much does it cost

To fly a man up to the moon

How much does it cost to fly a man up to the moon

When I think of the hungry children

That I see every afternoon

So you can call me crazy

But I ain’t goin’ to Vietnam

You can do what you want

But I ain’t goin’ to Vietnam

'Cause it’s a dirty mean war

And nobody gives a d-a-m-n damn

Show full lyrics (39 lines) ▾

Themes: Anti-War Draft Napalm

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz Vocal Jazz

Also in: ▤ Blues songs ▤ Draft Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#47 Leon Thomas Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 2 1970 · Single · Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 1 / Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 2 · Flying Dutchman # FD 26009 · USA

Annotation

Sources

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Themes: Anti-War Draft Napalm

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz Vocal Jazz

Also in: ▤ Blues songs ▤ Draft Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

1971

#48 Charlie Haden Circus '68 '69 1971 · Album · Liberation Music Orchestra · Impulse! # AS-9183 · USA

Annotation

Experimental jazz artists, born on 6 August 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa, USA, and died on 11 July 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA, released this anti-war record. In the linear notes of the record, Haden said that the composition "Circus '68 '69" (Impulse! # AS-9183) was related to the 1968 Democratic Party convention, Chicago., saying "After the minority plank on Vietnam was defeated in a vote taken on the convention floor, the California and New York delegations spontaneously began to sing 'We Shall Overcome' in protest. Unable to gain control of the floor, the rostrum instructed the convention orchestra to drown out the singing. 'You're a Grand Old Flag' and 'Happy Days Are Here Again' could then be heard trying to stifle 'We Shall Overcome'. To me this told the story, in music, of what was happening in our country politically."¹

Sources

1 Wikipedia: Liberation Music Orchestra (album) ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

After the minority plank on Vietnam was defeated in a vote taken on the convention floor, the California and New York delegations spontaneously began to sing 'We Shall Overcome' in protest. Unable to gain control of the floor, the rostrum instructed the convention orchestra to drown out the singing. 'You're a Grand Old Flag' and 'Happy Days Are Here Again' could then be heard trying to stifle 'We Shall Overcome'. To me this told the story, in music, of what was happening in our country politically." (1)

Themes: Anti-War Chicago Seven

#52 What a Good Time for a Kent State #53 Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part I #54 Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part II

Also in: ▤ 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#49 Warm Dust Blood of My Fathers 1971 · Album · Peace for Our Time · Trend # 6480 001 · UK

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz-Rock Progressive Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#50 Gary Bartz Ntu Troop Vietcong 1971 · Album · Harlem Bush Music: Uhuru · Milestone # MX 9032 · USA

Notes

The song Vietcong

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Jazz Spiritual Jazz Jazz Fusion

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#51 Gil Scott-Heron & Pretty Purdie Artificialness 1971 · Single · Funky Mozart / Artificialness · Mega # 615-0065 · USA

Credited on the record as Pretty Purdie and the Playboys, narration: Gil Scott-Heron.

Notes

Artificialness (Purdie, Pretty & Gil Scott-Heron)

Jazz funk, protest, Nixon
Dear Nixon - wife has left me. I am a victim of the Vietnam War.
In the DM zone at home, struck my wife before she struck me.
Locked her in hotel.
Please don't employ your next war, I'm following your lead.

Notes

Mega 615-0065 (M2PM-1472), mono "Promo Copy"; "Artificialness" (Scott-Heron-Purdie), 3:05 (intro time 0:02), credited to Pretty Purdie and the Playboys with narration by Gil Scott-Heron; published by Bob Thiele Music Ltd. (ASCAP), produced by Bob Thiele, "From Mega Album M51-5001 'Stand By Me'"; "Mega Records & Tapes, Inc. USA". In a blue-and-white Mega "Records and Tapes" company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Nixon DMZ

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Jazz-Funk

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

#52–54 Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu Sing Me a Song of Songmy 1971 · Album · Atlantic # SD 1576 · USA

All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Annotation

A very experimental jazz album (Atlantic # SD 1576) from Freddie Hubbard and Ilhan Mimaroglu, it tackled the themes of war, violence, and Civil Rights, and included spooky monologues and Vietnamese poetry recited by Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca. The title of the album referred to the mass killings of Vietnamese civilians in two hamlets in the village of Song My, known at the time as the Massacre at Songmy, currently called the My Lai massacre. The front cover is Pablo Picasso's painting "Massacre in Korea" (1951), which protested American involvement in that conflict and was a strong anti-war piece. Recorded September 14–16, 1971, at Regent Sound Studios, New York City.

The song "What a Good Time for a Kent State" (Atlantic # SD 1576) began with sparse piano playing with a poem. Then the trumpets and saxophones entered with a bang, and a choir sung the names of those killed at the Kent State demonstration - as mentioned above, only a few other tracks did this.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

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#52 Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu What a Good Time for a Kent State 1971 · Album · Sing Me a Song of Songmy · Atlantic # SD 1576 · USA

Annotation

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Section of the side-long "Sing Me a Song of Songmy" suite; a choir sings the names of the four Kent State dead. Recorded July-August 1970, Regent Sound Studios, New York.

Lyrics

English

When you say two don't be so happy to exist by killing one time and again

William Knox Schroeder

Allison Krause

Jeffrey Glen Miller

Sandra Lee Scheuer

Words are better than bullets

Themes: Anti-War Kent State My Lai Anti-Calley

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#53 Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part I 1971 · Album · Sing Me a Song of Songmy · Atlantic # SD 1576 · USA

Annotation: see “What a Good Time for a Kent State” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Kent State My Lai Civil Rights Anti-Calley

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#54 Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part II 1971 · Album · Sing Me a Song of Songmy · Atlantic # SD 1576 · USA

Annotation: see “What a Good Time for a Kent State” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Kent State My Lai Civil Rights Anti-Calley

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#55 Joe Watford Rally for Lt. Calley 1971 · Single · Rally for Lt. Calley / The Story of Ginny and Joe · Ginny & Joe # MW-222 · USA

Annotation

A short spoken word narrative song, against a jazz background, called "Rally for Lt. Calley" , which said that the government and army had made Calley a scapegoat for all the killings in Vietnam. The narrator warned that the trial of Calley would make himself and citizens "afraid of doing our patriotic duty" as they might also end up a scapegoat. The narrator put significant emphasis on serving the country and patriotism, and solidarity with the soldier without any moral position. At the same time, the narrator strongly criticised the actions of the government and military. Composed by Joe Watford and released on the obscure private label Ginny & Joe (# MW-222).

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Ginny & Joe MW-222, Side 1 (PRP-29121), 45 rpm, yellow label; "Rally for Lt. Calley" (Joe Watford); music by The Ltd's Combo. No running time is printed on the label. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Lyrics

English

This is my story, these are my feelings, this is my rally for Lieutenant Calley

A soldier you or I and hardly anyone had ever heard of until someone felt so guilty about Vietnam that they had to blame someone else for the fighting and killing...

So Lt. Calley...had a job to do, kill or be killed in doing his job

The US army thought it right to try him for murder...

Has the government fallen so low as to make Lt. Calley a scapegoat...

I know it all makes us wonder if we should serve our country

And be afraid of carrying out orders, afraid of doing our patriotic duty

Afraid of being a scapegoat and ending up like Lt. Calley

So I ask you all, mothers, fathers, wives, teenagers, and sweethearts

Lets join in one and all...for Lt. Calley

Themes: My Lai Patriotic Pro-Calley Calley-Order Calley-Scapegoat Anti-Government

Genre: ♪ Country

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#56 Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett Como en Vietnam 1971 · Album · Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett · Atlantic # SD 1577 · USA

Notes

Como en Vietnam (Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett)

Notes

Recorded 23 July 1970 at A&R Recording Studios, New York (Wikipedia). Producer: Joel Dorn; recording engineer Dave Sanders; remix Lewis Hahn; cover design Haig Adishian. Personnel: Gary Burton (vibes), Keith Jarrett (piano, electric piano, soprano sax), Steve Swallow (bass), Sam Brown (guitar), Bill Goodwin (drums). Publishers: Kundalini / Grayfriar (BMI). Matrix ST-A-712105 / ST-A-712106. (c) 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation; 1841 Broadway labels.

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz Fusion Post-Bop

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#57 The Last Poets Die Nigga 1971 · Soundtrack · Right On · Juggernaut # JUG ST/LP-8802 · USA

Annotation

Artist background

The song "Die Nigga" (Juggernaut Records # JUG ST/LP-8802) noted the frequent deaths of African-Americans, including the war in Vietnam, thus combining it with the Civil Rights issue: "lots'a niggas dying in Viet Nam" , as well as the murder of Chaney: "Niggas watched James Chaney die" .

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

Walkin' down on 42nd Street

Heard some white folks talkin'

"Had a riot yesterday, ten niggas died"

Die nigga!

"Say what? Ten niggas died?"

"Yeah"

Die nigga!

Went down to Whitehall Street

Heard a sergeant reportin'

"Lots'a niggas dying in Viet Nam"

Die Nigga!...

Niggas been dying for 400 years...

Niggas watched Emmett Till die

Niggas watched Mack Parker die

Niggas watched James Chaney die

Niggas watched Bobby Hutton die

Niggas watched Medgar Evers die

Show full lyrics (18 lines) ▾

Themes: Anti-War Civil Rights

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz Poetry

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

1972

#58 Revolutionary Ensemble Vietnam 1 1972 · Album · Vietnam · ESP-Disk # 3007 · USA

Annotation

Notes

Jazz instrumental. Probably anti-war. Recorded 1972, Peace Church, Greenwhich Village
¹

Sources

1 allaboutjazz.com: Revolutionary ensemble vietnam and beyond the boundary of time by clifford allen ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#59 Revolutionary Ensemble Vietnam 2 1972 · Album · Vietnam · ESP-Disk # 3007 · USA

Annotation: see “Vietnam 1” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

#60 Gil Scott-Heron Did You Hear What They Said? 1972 · Album · Free Will · Flying Dutchman # FD-10153 · USA

Annotation

In the song "Did You Hear What They Said?" , released on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label (# FD-10153), Scott-Heron focused on the impact of the war on the families of soldiers fighting the war. The narrator told of hearing about a soldier "shot in his head" , and that someone said it was in order to "save his country" . But a mother cried "cause her only son was dead" . So Scott-Heron, horrified by this scenario, said "come on, this can't be real" .

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

Did you hear what they said

They said another brother's dead

They said he's dead...

But he can't be buried...

Did you hear what they said

They said they shot him in his head

A shot in his head to save his country

Come on, this can't be real...

Did you hear what they said, about his mother and how she cried

They said she cried, 'cause her only son was dead...

Woman, could you imagine if your only son was dead

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Soul

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

#61 The Last Poets Hands Off 1972 · Album · Chastisment · Blue Thumb # BTS 39 · USA

Annotation

Artist background

Sources

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

Here's to you black soldier, fighting in Vietnam

Helping your oppressor oppress another man

Here's to you who volunteer your precious lives to give

While here in the ghetto are struggling to live

Here's to you, gun in hand, another land

While National Guardsmen terrorise the ones you've left at home

We hope and pray that you've been spared when casualties are high

We demonstrate for your return and we mourn you when you die

We've watched you grow up from a child

We know your strength and might

It is no news for us to hear how gallantly you fight

It is a sin for you to be upon some foreign shores when you are needed right here

At home protecting what is yours

To know the use of weaponry, I must admit, that is good

There is an occupation force in our neighbourhood, they call themselves 'peace officers' and 'law enforcement groups'

But from the actions they commit, we know they are troops

The government is cracking down...

They have the dream of stamping out resistance...

But our determination grows and widens with the days

We'll fight them from the rooftops and the alley ways...

We'll free the prisoners from their jails with calculated raids

Just one desire burns in our heart, our bonds and chain to bust

We only wish that with your skills you were here with us

Here's to you black soldier in some far off distant land

Sometimes the question does arise on which side do you stand

They called it a riot in Newark, when the people arose as one

In Detroit and Boston, in Cleveland and Watts, they fought back with fire bombs and guns

What's the matter with these Niggers they said...

When will the promises be fulfilled, that they have made to us...

Where is the pay we have not received, for our blood and sweat and tears

Where's the employment that we need

The decent salary, welfare payments will not do to feed a family

They say conditions are this way because we don't have skills

So instead they offer us extermination pills

So we sound a warning, they better change their tune

Show full lyrics (36 lines) ▾

Themes: Protest Napalm Civil Rights

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz Poetry

Also in: ▤ Jody Songs ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#62 The Last Poets Black Soldier 1972 · Album · Chastisment · Blue Thumb # BTS 39 · USA

Annotation

Artist background

This album (Blue Thumb Records # BTS 39) featured Jalal (aka Lightnin' Rod), and Suliaman El Hadi. It has been written that Jalal went to prison for refusing to fight in Vietnam.¹Billboard reviewed this album on 8 July 1972: "very interesting LP from the Last Poets. It really is a 'chastisement' with comment on their war, the ghettos, stealing and other casualties of modern life. The subjects are well handled on a musical level...much social comment here with musical interpretation".²

The song "Black Soldier" dealt with the Vietnam and Civil Rights, while also making references to demonstrations, National Guard violence, and the "jody" theme. The song started with a military cadence, which warned the soldiers that there "ain't no need in going back" to the US, because "Jody got our Cadillac" - the mythical man in blues, jazz and soul tunes who seduced the wives and girlfriends of soldiers, prisoners, and those away from home.³ This featured in dozens of soul and blues songs.

The next part of the song strongly criticised African-Americans who fought in Vietnam "helping your oppressor oppress another man" . While the narrator hoped for their safe return, demonstrated against the war for them, and mourned their deaths, he thought that the "question does arise on which side do you stand" . The narrator believed that they should be in the US helping to fight for equal rights. He referenced a series of civil right demonstrations in several cities - Boston, Detroit, Newark - labelled as "riots" . Furthermore, the lyrics mentioned confrontations with the National Guard - "National Guardsmen terrorise the ones you've left at home" - possibly referring to the death of students, at Kent or Jackson state, or maybe at Civil Rights demonstrations.

Sources

1 dmcworld.net: Jalal of the last poets (archived copy) ↩
2 Billboard, 8 July 1972 ↩
3 Wordorigins.org (archived copy) ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

Here's to you black soldier, fighting in Vietnam

Helping your oppressor oppress another man

Here's to you who volunteer your precious lives to give

While here in the ghetto are struggling to live

Here's to you, gun in hand, another land

While National Guardsmen terrorise the ones you've left at home

We hope and pray that you've been spared when casualties are high

We demonstrate for your return and we mourn you when you die

We've watched you grow up from a child

We know your strength and might

It is no news for us to hear how gallantly you fight

It is a sin for you to be upon some foreign shores when you are needed right here

At home protecting what is yours

To know the use of weaponry, I must admit, that is good

There is an occupation force in our neighbourhood, they call themselves 'peace officers' and 'law enforcement groups'

But from the actions they commit, we know they are troops

The government is cracking down...

They have the dream of stamping out resistance...

But our determination grows and widens with the days

We'll fight them from the rooftops and the alley ways...

We'll free the prisoners from their jails with calculated raids

Just one desire burns in our heart, our bonds and chain to bust

We only wish that with your skills you were here with us

Here's to you black soldier in some far off distant land

Sometimes the question does arise on which side do you stand

They called it a riot in Newark, when the people arose as one

In Detroit and Boston, in Cleveland and Watts, they fought back with fire bombs and guns

What's the matter with these Niggers they said...

When will the promises be fulfilled, that they have made to us...

Where is the pay we have not received, for our blood and sweat and tears

Where's the employment that we need

The decent salary, welfare payments will not do to feed a family

They say conditions are this way because we don't have skills

So instead they offer us extermination pills

So we sound a warning, they better change their tune

Show full lyrics (36 lines) ▾

Themes: Anti-War Civil Rights Demonstration Kent State Jackson State Jody

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz Poetry

Also in: ▤ Jody Songs ▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#63 Dave Brubeck Truth Is Fallen 1972 · Album · Atlantic # SD 16060 · USA

Annotation

In the linear notes of this album (Atlantic # SD 16060), Brubeck said that "this music is dedicated to the slain students of Kent University and Mississippi State, and all other innocent victims caught in the cross-fire between repression and rebellion".¹² The album cover depicted dead, blood-stained people, painted by Elizabeth Eddy. The title of the album came from the Book of Isaiah: "truth is fallen in the street and equity cannot rise".

Sources

1 jazztimes.com ↩
2 journals.chapman.edu (archived copy) ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Linear notes said "this music is dedicated to the slain students of Kent University and Mississippi State, and all other innocent victims caught in the cross-fire between repression and rebellion".

Themes: Anti-War Kent State Jackson State

Genres: ♪ Jazz West Coast Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#64–69 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! 1972 · Album · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany

6 of the 13 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Annotation

Notes

Germany. Socialist, anti-war, anti-American imperialism
Linked to the Maoist publication Everything for the Victory of the Fighting Vietnamese People [Alles für den Sieg des kämpfenden vietnamesischen Volkes']

"NATIONAL VIETNAM COMMITTEE
Poster calling for demonstrations in Bonn and Berlin.
Condition: longitudinal and transverse fold, minor creases
West German posters featuring a photomontage of Ho Chi Minh in red, yellow and blue, with title in reverse white "All For The Victory Of The Fighting Vietnamese People." [Np] [National Vietnam Committee / This is the place where you can see the world
and the world in which you live (German Communist Party), the German Democratic Republic, the German Democratic Republic, and the German Communist Party (FDP)."¹²

Sources

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

#64 Lied des Gefangenen #65 Frontlied #66 Kanzler-Willy-Tango #67 Mein Traum #68 Wir werden das Land aufbauen #69 Marsch der Befreiungsfront

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#64 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Lied des Gefangenen 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany

Annotation

Notes

Sources

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin; production Konrad Boehmer, sound Udo Primbs; musicians include Willem Breuker, Herman de Wit, Kees Klaver, Willem van Manen, Maarten van Regteren Altena and Rob du Bois, with Misha Mengelberg arranging the final march; singers Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker, Michael König, Jutta Lampe, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Mario von Scanzoni and Angela Winkler; sold in aid of the Vietnamkomitee (donations to Heinz Breuer, Cologne).

Whole LP issued by the Nationales Vietnamkomitee (West German National Vietnam Committee); self-released, cat 0001-VK. Producer Konrad Boehmer; engineer Udo Primbs. Musicians are largely Dutch improvisers: Willem Breuker (clarinet, sax), Misha Mengelberg (arr. B7), Maarten Altena (double bass), Willem Van Manen (trombone), Rob Du Bois (piano), Herman De Wit, Jim Van Der Valk-Bouman, Bob Zimmerman, Cees Klaver, Jan Bouman, Rudy Van Velzen, Wolf Van Leeuwen.

Vocals/voices: Angela Winkler, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Jutta Lampe, Mario Von Scanzoni, Michael König, Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker (Berlin Schaubühne actors). Song of the Prisoner, a Vietnamese song by Trần Kiết Tường arranged and translated by Konrad Boehmer for the committee's LP All for the Victory of the Fighting Vietnamese People.

Cover of Vietnamese original – Trần Kiết Tường. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: P.O.W. Vietnamese Patriotic Vietnamese Perspective Anti-Imperialism Benefit Record

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#65 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Frontlied 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany

Notes

Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin; production Konrad Boehmer, sound Udo Primbs; musicians include Willem Breuker, Herman de Wit, Kees Klaver, Willem van Manen, Maarten van Regteren Altena and Rob du Bois, with Misha Mengelberg arranging the final march; singers Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker, Michael König, Jutta Lampe, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Mario von Scanzoni and Angela Winkler; sold in aid of the Vietnamkomitee (donations to Heinz Breuer, Cologne).

Whole LP issued by the Nationales Vietnamkomitee (West German National Vietnam Committee); self-released, cat 0001-VK. Producer Konrad Boehmer; engineer Udo Primbs. Musicians are largely Dutch improvisers: Willem Breuker (clarinet, sax), Misha Mengelberg (arr. B7), Maarten Altena (double bass), Willem Van Manen (trombone), Rob Du Bois (piano), Herman De Wit, Jim Van Der Valk-Bouman, Bob Zimmerman, Cees Klaver, Jan Bouman, Rudy Van Velzen, Wolf Van Leeuwen.

Vocals/voices: Angela Winkler, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Jutta Lampe, Mario Von Scanzoni, Michael König, Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker (Berlin Schaubühne actors). German arrangement by Konrad Boehmer of a Vietnamese song by Nguyễn Đức Toàn, on an LP self-released by the committee (0001-VK) and linked to its publication 'Alles für den Sieg des kämpfenden vietnamesischen Volkes'.

Cover of Vietnamese song by Nguyễn Đức Toàn. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-Imperialism Anti-American Anti-War Vietnamese Patriotic Combat Benefit Record

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#66 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Kanzler-Willy-Tango 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany

Notes

Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin; production Konrad Boehmer, sound Udo Primbs; musicians include Willem Breuker, Herman de Wit, Kees Klaver, Willem van Manen, Maarten van Regteren Altena and Rob du Bois, with Misha Mengelberg arranging the final march; singers Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker, Michael König, Jutta Lampe, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Mario von Scanzoni and Angela Winkler; sold in aid of the Vietnamkomitee (donations to Heinz Breuer, Cologne).

Whole LP issued by the Nationales Vietnamkomitee (West German National Vietnam Committee); self-released, cat 0001-VK. Producer Konrad Boehmer; engineer Udo Primbs. Musicians are largely Dutch improvisers: Willem Breuker (clarinet, sax), Misha Mengelberg (arr. B7), Maarten Altena (double bass), Willem Van Manen (trombone), Rob Du Bois (piano), Herman De Wit, Jim Van Der Valk-Bouman, Bob Zimmerman, Cees Klaver, Jan Bouman, Rudy Van Velzen, Wolf Van Leeuwen.

Vocals/voices: Angela Winkler, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Jutta Lampe, Mario Von Scanzoni, Michael König, Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker (Berlin Schaubühne actors). Chancellor Willy Tango, written by Willem Breuker for the committee's LP All for the Victory of the Fighting Vietnamese People. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Satire Anti-Government Anti-Imperialism Protest Benefit Record

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#67 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Mein Traum 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany

Notes

Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin; production Konrad Boehmer, sound Udo Primbs; musicians include Willem Breuker, Herman de Wit, Kees Klaver, Willem van Manen, Maarten van Regteren Altena and Rob du Bois, with Misha Mengelberg arranging the final march; singers Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker, Michael König, Jutta Lampe, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Mario von Scanzoni and Angela Winkler; sold in aid of the Vietnamkomitee (donations to Heinz Breuer, Cologne).

Whole LP issued by the Nationales Vietnamkomitee (West German National Vietnam Committee); self-released, cat 0001-VK. Producer Konrad Boehmer; engineer Udo Primbs. Musicians are largely Dutch improvisers: Willem Breuker (clarinet, sax), Misha Mengelberg (arr. B7), Maarten Altena (double bass), Willem Van Manen (trombone), Rob Du Bois (piano), Herman De Wit, Jim Van Der Valk-Bouman, Bob Zimmerman, Cees Klaver, Jan Bouman, Rudy Van Velzen, Wolf Van Leeuwen.

Vocals/voices: Angela Winkler, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Jutta Lampe, Mario Von Scanzoni, Michael König, Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker (Berlin Schaubühne actors). 'My Dream', credited to Dienh Kanh and Konrad Boehmer, on an LP self-released by the committee (0001-VK) and linked to posters calling for demonstrations in Bonn and Berlin.

Cover of Vietnamese song by Dienh Kanh. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-Imperialism Anti-American Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective Benefit Record

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#68 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Wir werden das Land aufbauen 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany

Notes

Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin; production Konrad Boehmer, sound Udo Primbs; musicians include Willem Breuker, Herman de Wit, Kees Klaver, Willem van Manen, Maarten van Regteren Altena and Rob du Bois, with Misha Mengelberg arranging the final march; singers Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker, Michael König, Jutta Lampe, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Mario von Scanzoni and Angela Winkler; sold in aid of the Vietnamkomitee (donations to Heinz Breuer, Cologne).

Whole LP issued by the Nationales Vietnamkomitee (West German National Vietnam Committee); self-released, cat 0001-VK. Producer Konrad Boehmer; engineer Udo Primbs. Musicians are largely Dutch improvisers: Willem Breuker (clarinet, sax), Misha Mengelberg (arr. B7), Maarten Altena (double bass), Willem Van Manen (trombone), Rob Du Bois (piano), Herman De Wit, Jim Van Der Valk-Bouman, Bob Zimmerman, Cees Klaver, Jan Bouman, Rudy Van Velzen, Wolf Van Leeuwen.

Vocals/voices: Angela Winkler, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Jutta Lampe, Mario Von Scanzoni, Michael König, Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker (Berlin Schaubühne actors). 'We Will Build Up the Land', on an LP self-released by the committee (0001-VK) with vocals by Angela Winkler among others. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Reunification Vietnamese Patriotic Anti-Imperialism Communism Benefit Record

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#69 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Marsch der Befreiungsfront 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany

Notes

Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin; production Konrad Boehmer, sound Udo Primbs; musicians include Willem Breuker, Herman de Wit, Kees Klaver, Willem van Manen, Maarten van Regteren Altena and Rob du Bois, with Misha Mengelberg arranging the final march; singers Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker, Michael König, Jutta Lampe, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Mario von Scanzoni and Angela Winkler; sold in aid of the Vietnamkomitee (donations to Heinz Breuer, Cologne).

Whole LP issued by the Nationales Vietnamkomitee (West German National Vietnam Committee); self-released, cat 0001-VK. Producer Konrad Boehmer; engineer Udo Primbs. Musicians are largely Dutch improvisers: Willem Breuker (clarinet, sax), Misha Mengelberg (arr. B7), Maarten Altena (double bass), Willem Van Manen (trombone), Rob Du Bois (piano), Herman De Wit, Jim Van Der Valk-Bouman, Bob Zimmerman, Cees Klaver, Jan Bouman, Rudy Van Velzen, Wolf Van Leeuwen.

Vocals/voices: Angela Winkler, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Jutta Lampe, Mario Von Scanzoni, Michael König, Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker (Berlin Schaubühne actors). March of the Liberation Front, Huỳnh Minh Siêng's NLF anthem arranged by Misha Mengelberg for the committee's LP All for the Victory of the Fighting Vietnamese People.

Cover of Giải phóng miền Nam – Huỳnh Minh Siêng. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: South Vietnam Patriotic Vietnamese Patriotic Reunification VC Benefit Record NLF

Also in: ▤ European Songs

1973

#70 Putte Wickman Como en Vietnam 1973 · Album · Happy New Year! · EMI # E 062-34822 · Sweden

Notes

Como en Vietnam (Wickman, Putte)

Jazz, Swedish, European.

Theme: Themes Pending

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#71 White, Green & Red Vietnamese Frescoes 1973 · Album · Vesselin Nikolov and "His White, Green and Red" · Балкантон (Balkanton) # ВТА 1453 · Bulgaria

Annotation

Bulgarian jazz group, formed on 1 October 1971, in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. It was founded by influential jazz musician Веселин Николов [Vesselin Nikolov], their saxophone player from 1971-83. Nikolov, born in Bourgass, Bulgaria in 1973, helped popularise Bulgarian musical culture, and took part in jazz festivals across the world.¹. This group released the song "Vietnamese Frescoes" (Balkanton # BTA 1453).

Sources

1 plovdivguide.com: Figures of Plovdiv (archived copy) ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Also titled Веселин Николов И Неговите Бели, Зелени И Червени (Vesselin Nikolov and his White, Green And Red). Stereo. Issued on Balkanton BTA 1453.

Themes: Vietnamese Perspective Anti-Imperialism Anti-War

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#72 The Bill Dobbins Jazz Orchestra The Balcony 1973 · Album · Textures · Advent # 5003 · USA

Annotation

Notes

The Balcony

According to sleeve notes: dedicated to the Kent State shooting.
Album commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts in 1969.
¹

Sources

1 esm.rochester.edu: Contemporary jazz pianist an interview with bill dobbins part i ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Side A is the suite 'Textures' (Points / Shapes / Lines), commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1969. The Balcony soloists: Chas Baker (trombone), Lorm Weitzel (trumpet). All compositions Bill Dobbins; published by Downbeat Music Workshop Publications (ASCAP); (p) Advent Records. Discogs style: Big Band.

Theme: Kent State

Genres: ♪ Jazz Big Band

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#73 Paul Motian Inspiration From a Vietnamese Lullaby 1973 · Album · Conception Vessel · ECM # 1028 · USA

Notes

Inspiration From a Vietnamese Lullaby (Motian, Paul)

Jazz, instrumental.

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Also in: ▤ Ellsberg & Pentagon Papers Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ US Military & Veteran Songs

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#74 The Richard Davis Trio Mr. Nixon and General Thieu 1973 · Album · Song for Wounded Knee · Flying Dutchman # FD 10157 · USA

Notes

Mr. Nixon and General Thieu

Jazz, instrumental.

Notes

Credited 'The Richard Davis Trio featuring Joe Beck & Jack DeJohnette'.

Produced by Bob Thiele; engineer Bob Simpson, remix Bob Arnold; liner notes Nat Hentoff; design Haig Adishian; cover painting Megan Monahan. Published by Bob Thiele Music, Ltd. (ASCAP). (p) 1973 Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd. Gatefold sleeve; pressed by RCA Indianapolis.

Matrix FD 10157AR-1 / FD 10157BR-1. Composer credit on Discogs is album-level (Davis, Beck, DeJohnette), not per track. Discogs styles: Hard Bop, Post Bop.

Themes: Nixon Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Jazz Hard Bop Post-Bop

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#75 Various Artists Missing in Action 1973 · Single · Missing in Action / Air War - Winter Soldier II (Vietnam Veteran Testimony) · Rounder # 4505 · USA

Themes: Anti-War Vet Military P.O.W. M.I.A. Napalm

Genres: ♪ Jazz Spoken Word

1974

#76–81 Enrico Intra To the Victims of Vietnam 1974 · Album · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy

All 6 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Notes

Italy, Jazz fusion

#76 1° Movimento #77 2° Movimento #78 3° Movimento #79 Elettronica #80 4° Movimento #81 Finale

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#76 Enrico Intra 1° Movimento 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy

Notes

Italy, Jazz fusion

Notes

No track timings given on jacket or LP labels. 'Direzione di orch. Ezio Leoni - Produzione Enrico Intra'; 'Technico de registraz. Bruno Righi con la collaborazione di Daniele Faeti per la parte elettronica.' Liner notes: Franco Fayenz. Composed and produced by Enrico Intra. First movement of the instrumental suite To the Victims of Vietnam, composed and produced by Enrico Intra with orchestra directed by Ezio Leoni and electronics by Daniele Faeti.

Themes: Civilian Casualties Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#77 Enrico Intra 2° Movimento 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy

Annotation: see “1° Movimento” above (same release).

Themes: Civilian Casualties Anti-War Peace Vietnamese Perspective

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#78 Enrico Intra 3° Movimento 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy

Annotation: see “1° Movimento” above (same release).

Themes: Civilian Casualties Vietnamese Perspective Anti-War

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#79 Enrico Intra Elettronica 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy

Annotation: see “1° Movimento” above (same release).

Themes: Civilian Casualties Vietnamese Perspective Anti-War

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#80 Enrico Intra 4° Movimento 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy

Annotation: see “1° Movimento” above (same release).

Themes: Civilian Casualties Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective

#82 Aftermath #83 The Bombing #84 Finale #85 Prayer #86 Prelude #87 Rhythm Ritual #88 Song Of Life

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#81 Enrico Intra Finale 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy

Annotation: see “1° Movimento” above (same release).

Themes: Civilian Casualties Anti-War Peace Vietnamese Perspective

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#82–88 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Children Of The Fire 1974 · Album · Sunrise # 144 · USA

All 7 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Annotation

Notes

dedicated to the children of vietnam

¹

Sources

1 New York Magazine, 13 October 1975 ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

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#82 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Aftermath 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA

Annotation

Notes

dedicated to the children of vietnam

¹

Sources

1 New York Magazine, 13 October 1975 ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#83 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra The Bombing 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA

Annotation: see “Aftermath” above (same release).

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#84 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Finale 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA

Annotation: see “Aftermath” above (same release).

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#85 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Prayer 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA

Annotation: see “Aftermath” above (same release).

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#86 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Prelude 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA

Annotation: see “Aftermath” above (same release).

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#87 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Rhythm Ritual 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA

Annotation: see “Aftermath” above (same release).

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#88 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Song Of Life 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA

Annotation: see “Aftermath” above (same release).

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#89 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson H20 Gate Blues 1974 · Album · Winter in America · Strata-East # SES-19742 · USA

Annotation

The track "H20 Gate Blues" (Strata-East Records # SES-19742) took an 8 minute plus look at social / political issues in Nixon's America, especially regarding the Watergate scandal as suggested in the title. It also addressed the Vietnam War, arguing that it was an unjustified conflict against a "people determined to be free" , involving the unnecessary destruction of the land, and causing starvation amongst the population. He questioned why the US, a nuclear power, was "afraid of shoeless, undernourished Cambodians" , and why the US sought to hide "the economics of war" as a motivator. Scott-Heron then referred to several specific episodes. This included the shootings at the Kent and Jackson State protests in May 1970, the bombing of North Vietnam, and the "chaining and gagging" of Bobby Seale (one of the Chicago Eight, arrested outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 1968). Finally, he asked the listener to remember the My Lai massacre: "just how blind America...remember...William Calley's executive interference" - referring to Nixon's presidential pardon.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

Just how blind, America?

Just as Vietnam exploded in the rice, snap, crackle, and pop (Uh Oh!)

Could not stop people determined to be free

Just how blind will America be? (Yes Sir!)

The shock of a Vietnam defeat sent Republican donkeys scurrying down on Wall Street...

Ask them what we're fighting for and they never mention the economics of war

Ecological Warfare! Above all else destroy the land!

If we can't break the Asian will we'll bomb the dykes and starve the man!...

Plundering the Asian countryside...

Afraid of shoeless, undernourished Cambodians

While we strike big wheat bargains with Russia, our nuclear enemy

Just how blind America?...

Remember...William Calley's executive interference...

Kent State, Jackson State, Southern Louisiana

Hundreds of unauthorized bombing raids

The chaining and gagging of Bobby Seale...

Richard Daley, imperial Napoleonic Mayor of Chicago, who took over from Al Capone

Show full lyrics (18 lines) ▾

Themes: Anti-War Kent State Jackson State Nixon LBJ Dow Chemical

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Jazz Soul

Also in: ▤ 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Civil Rights Songs ▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

#90 Elmer Bernstein My Lai 1974 · Soundtrack · The Trial of Billy Jack · ABC # 853 · USA

Annotation

The soundtrack to Tom Laughlin's 1974 sequel The Trial of Billy Jack contained the instrumental song "My Lai Massacre" , composed by Elmer Bernstein. The other films in the series were The Born Losers (1967), Billy Jack (1971), and Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977). The main character, Billy Jack (with a native American heritage), fought with the Green Berets in Vietnam. In the second film Billy Jack, he defended a hippie themed freedom school from people who did not like those influenced by the counter-culture. After the son of a corrupt police officer raped his girlfriend, and murdered an Indian student, Billy Jack kills him, resulting in his arrest.

The story thus continued in The Trial of Billy Jack - which contained two scenes similar to contemporary events related to the Vietnam War. Firstly, during Billy Jack's trial, he mentioned the My Lai massacre, and then recalled witnessing a similar incident - a flashback showed the killing of Vietnamese civilians. Secondly, students hold a parade, protesting about native rights and child abuse. The Governor called up the National Guard, who shot and killed four of the students - thus reminiscent of the Kent State killings. The New Yorker magazine reviewed the film 25 November 1974:

Liner notes

"Billy Jack was the only counter-culture movie to provide a positive hero. Billy Jack was a counterculture savior, a mystical, selfless protector who, coming to the aid of children and Indians, personified the good. Billy Jack tapped an emerging mood - the transition of the flower children into the Jesus people. And now, in The Trial of Billy Jack, the Laughlins...have gone all the way into messianic, tent show movie-making. This film probably represents the most extraordinary display of sanctimonious self-aggrandizement the screen has ever known...A Vietnam veteran, Billy Jack is the man who blew the lid off My Lai". (1)

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Theme: My Lai

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#91 Shira Small The Line of Time and the Plane of Now 1974 · Album · The Line of Time and the Plane of Now · Not On Label # LC7475 · USA

Notes

Album line, contains Vietnam references. Said to have been influenced by the Vietnam War [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Jazz Soul Jazz

Also in: ▤ US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years]

1975

#92 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon) 1975 · Album · The First Minute Of New Day (Midnight Band) · Arista # A 4030 · USA

Annotation

The Scott-Heron track "Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon)" (Arista Records # A 4030), featuring his long-term collaborator Brian Jackson, attacked President Ford for pardoning Nixon after his resignation in 1974. While those who "get caught with a nickel bag...will do big Ben" (i.e. those caught with cannabis will go to jail for ten years), the politician who "tried to fix America" received no prison sentence. He then went on to list others, who Scott-Hero thought were unjustifiably pardoned: "they pardoned William Calley, 22 dead, and America in shock" .

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

We beg your pardon because the pardon you gave wasn't yours to give

They call it due process and some people are overdue

The man who tried to steal America is not in jail

Get caught with a nickel bag, you will do big Ben

But the man who tried to fix America will not do time

Pardon brother Frank Willis, the Watergate security guard...

Pardon H. Rap Brown, it was only burglary

Pardon Robert Vesco, it was only embezzlement

Pardon Charles Manson, it was only mass murder

And pardon us while we get sick

Because they pardoned William Calley

22 dead, and America in shock

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Soul Jazz

#93 Colette Magny Les Cages à Tigre 1975 · Album · Transit · Le Chant Du Monde (series: Le Nouveau Chansonnier International) # LDX 74570 · France

Annotation

"Nguyễn Đức Thuận who wrote a book detailing his experiences in a South Vietnamese prison, which is one of the inspiration behind Les cages à tigre"¹¹

Sources

1 Wikipedia: Nguyễn Đức Thuận ↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Credited to Colette Magny / Free Jazz Workshop. Made in France, (P) 1975. Three sleeve variants (laminated glossy with silver print; two matte). Personnel: Colette Magny (vocals, guitar), Jean Mereu (trumpet), Maurice Merle (sax), Louis Sclavis (soprano sax, bass clarinet), Patrick Vollat & Rémy Gevron (piano), Jean Bolcato (bass), Christian Ville (drums). Producer Matthias Winckelmann.

Recorded/mixed by Robert Prudon at Studio Résonances. 'Les Cages à Tigre' refers to the Con Son 'tiger cage' prison cells of South Vietnam. Refers to the 'tiger cage' prison cells at Con Son and is partly inspired by Nguyễn Đức Thuận's book on his experiences in a South Vietnamese prison; recorded with the Free Jazz Workshop and produced by Matthias Winckelmann.

Format: triple gatefold.

Themes: P.O.W. Vietnamese Perspective South Vietnamese Protest

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

1976

#94 Daniel White Monologue Pour Cithare Du Vietnam 1976 · Album · Monologue pour... · Editions Montparnasse 2000 # MP 51 · France

Notes

Monologue pour cithare du Vietnam

France, jazz instrumental.

Notes

Artist credited as Daniel J. White. Library music LP (music for radio/TV/film background use). Several pressings exist: 1972, 1973, 1976. The Vietnam track is an instrumental on Vietnamese zither; no lyrical Vietnam War content. Rights societies SACEM/SDRM/SACD/SGDL. Library-music LP for radio, TV and film background use; the track is an instrumental on Vietnamese zither with no lyrical war content, and pressings also exist from 1972 and 1973.

Theme: Vietnamese Perspective

Genre: ♪ Library Music

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#95 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Bicentennial Blues 1976 · Album · It's Your World · Arista # AL 5001 · USA

Annotation

The song "Bicentennial Blues" referred to Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon's National Security Advisor (1969-1974) and Secretary of State (1973/74), and the various wars in which he took part in the decision making. He received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Vietnam War. Kissinger remained the Secretary of State under Henry Kissinger, until the 1976 election.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

It got by Henry Kissinger

The international godfather of peace

A piece of Vietnam

A piece of Laos

A piece of Angola

A piece of Cuba

A blues quartet

And America got the blues

Themes: Anti-War Bicentennial

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Soul Funk

Also in: ▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

1977

#96 The Last Poets Ho Chi Minh 1977 · Album · Delights of the Garden · Douglas # NBLP 7051 · USA

Annotation

Artist background

Ho Chi Minh (Last Poets, The & Bernard Purdie)

Douglas Music # NBLP 7051

Anti, protest. Reference to Diem Ben Phu (French intervention).

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective Ho Chi Minh Battle of Dien Bien Phu First Indo-China War

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz Poetry

1980

#97 Gil Scott-Heron Waiting For the Axe to Fall 1980 · Album · Real Eyes · Arista # AL 9540 · USA

Annotation

Another Gil Scott-Heron track, "Waiting for the Axe to Fall" (Arista Records # AL 9540), in which he told the listener about a "brother" who "served in Vietnam" . The song suggested that after the war the government / the military / people no longer cared about the welfare of the veterans. Note the reference to agent orange - the defoliant/herbicide used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Arista ARIST 527, 45, B side, blue label, Made in England; "Waiting for the Axe to Fall" (Gil Scott-Heron), Brouhaha Music Ltd. (Leosongs); produced by Gil Scott-Heron and Malcom Cecil for Spice Ltd.; ℗ 1980, © 1983 Arista Records Inc. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Lyrics

English

Brother served in Vietnam

And found out no one gives a damn

Agent Orange fell on his camp

But everybody went deaf

Brother turned around on Uncle Sam

Waiting for the axe to fall

Sometimes, Lord I think that's all

When your head is in the noose

And won't nobody turn you loose

You're waiting for the axe to fall

Themes: Anti-War Agent Orange

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Funk

Also in: ▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

1982

#98 Noodband Vietnam 1982 · Album · Shiver · Moers # 01094 (momu 01094) · Netherlands

Notes

Vietnam

Notes

Dutch band, but the LP was released on the German label Moers Music (Manufactured in West-Germany). Composed by Alan Laurillard. Line-up: Alan Laurillard & Frans Vermeerssen (alto sax), Bert Kleijn & Charles Huffstadt (drums), Gerald Ammerlaan & Sybrand Hoeksema (electric bass), Greetje Bijma (vocals). Producers Burkhard Hennen, Heiner Müller Adolphi.

Recorded Studio Mobil Berlin; mixed Cornet Studio. Japanese pressing also exists (DIW-1036). Style: Prog Rock / Jazz. From the LP 'Shiver' on the German label Moers Music, recorded at Studio Mobil Berlin.

Themes: Anti-War Protest Peace

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz-Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs

1984

#99 Daniele Patucchi Reduci dal Vietnam 1984 · Soundtrack · Dimensione Violenza · Cinevox # MDF 33 164 · Italy

Notes

Reduci dal Vietnam (Patucchi, Daniele)

Soundtrack to Italian film Dimensione violenza [Savage Zone]
Italian, Vietnam veteran. Jazz, instrumental.

Theme: Vet

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ European Songs

1986

#100 Bedful of Metaphysicians The 'Wish I'd Gone to Vietnam' Blues 1986 · Album · Bedful of Metaphysicians · Digitek # B2786 · USA

Notes

'Wish I'd Gone To Vietnam' Blues, The (Bedful of Metaphysicians) [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]

Theme: Satire

#101 Binh à la sortie de l'école [Binh Leaving School] #102 Le secrétaire [The Secretary] #103 Conversation sous la pluie [Conversation in the Rain] #104 Trop long temps [Too Long a Time] #105 La famille de Binh [Binh's Family] #106 Sans cesse [Without End] #107 La criée [The Auction] #108 Le départ de la famille [The Family's Departure] #109 Le bus [The Bus] #110 L'arrestation de l'oncle [The Uncle's Arrest] #111 La maison [The House] #112 Vers le refuge [Towards the Refuge] #113 La fuite [The Escape] #114 La mort de la mère [The Mother's Death] #115 Le delta [The Delta] #116 Boat People #117 La rencontre des boats [The Meeting of the Boats] #118 Pirates #119 Mer à boire [A Sea to Drink] #120 Enfin [At Last] #121 Les eaux internationales [International Waters] #122 Marine de la nuit [Night Seascape] #123 I Never Held One Before #124 Marine de jour [Day Seascape] #125 Nuit de boat [Boat Night] #126 Les visages [The Faces] #127 Le bateau de Binh [Binh's Boat] #128 Sur le pont [On the Deck] #129 La séparation [The Separation] #130 L'arrivée [The Arrival] #131 Binh et Joy [Binh and Joy] #132 La bicyclette [The Bicycle] #133 Mer de Chine [China Sea]

1988

#101–133 Tony Coe Mer de Chine 1988 · Soundtrack · nato # ZOG 2 · France

All 33 songs from this soundtrack in the archive are in this collection

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#101 Tony Coe Binh à la sortie de l'école [Binh Leaving School] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A1 of the instrumental score (33 cues) to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988), Jacques Perrin's episode of the French TV series Medecins des hommes, starring Perrin and Jane Birkin - the story of a Vietnamese boy, Binh, and his family's escape from Vietnam by boat: arrest of the uncle, flight through the delta, the mother's death, pirates, rescue in international waters, arrival. Recorded 1987, D.H. Audio Engineering Studio; produced by Jean Rochard. French pressing; also on CD.

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#102 Tony Coe Le secrétaire [The Secretary] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A2 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#103 Tony Coe Conversation sous la pluie [Conversation in the Rain] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A3 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#104 Tony Coe Trop long temps [Too Long a Time] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A4 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#105 Tony Coe La famille de Binh [Binh's Family] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A5 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#106 Tony Coe Sans cesse [Without End] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A6 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#107 Tony Coe La criée [The Auction] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A7 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#108 Tony Coe Le départ de la famille [The Family's Departure] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A8 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#109 Tony Coe Le bus [The Bus] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A9 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#110 Tony Coe L'arrestation de l'oncle [The Uncle's Arrest] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A10 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#111 Tony Coe La maison [The House] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A11 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#112 Tony Coe Vers le refuge [Towards the Refuge] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A12 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#113 Tony Coe La fuite [The Escape] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A13 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#114 Tony Coe La mort de la mère [The Mother's Death] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A14 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#115 Tony Coe Le delta [The Delta] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A15 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#116 Tony Coe Boat People 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A16 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#117 Tony Coe La rencontre des boats [The Meeting of the Boats] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A17 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#118 Tony Coe Pirates 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

A18 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#119 Tony Coe Mer à boire [A Sea to Drink] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B1 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#120 Tony Coe Enfin [At Last] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B2 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#121 Tony Coe Les eaux internationales [International Waters] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B3 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#122 Tony Coe Marine de la nuit [Night Seascape] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B4 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#123 Tony Coe I Never Held One Before 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B5 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#124 Tony Coe Marine de jour [Day Seascape] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B6 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#125 Tony Coe Nuit de boat [Boat Night] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B7 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#126 Tony Coe Les visages [The Faces] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B8 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#127 Tony Coe Le bateau de Binh [Binh's Boat] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B9 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#128 Tony Coe Sur le pont [On the Deck] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B10 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#129 Tony Coe La séparation [The Separation] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B11 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#130 Tony Coe L'arrivée [The Arrival] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B12 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#131 Tony Coe Binh et Joy [Binh and Joy] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B13 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#132 Tony Coe La bicyclette [The Bicycle] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B14 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

#133 Tony Coe Mer de Chine [China Sea] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France

Notes

B15 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

Themes: Boat People Refugees Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Jazz Film Score

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

1997

#134 Art Studio My Lai 1997 · Album · Off Limits · Splasc(h) # CDH 656.2 · Italy

Notes

- My Lai (Art Studio)
- Jazz
- Italy

- Recorded 10-11 December 1997, Colori Studio Sound, Lessolo; the CD dates from 1997.

Theme: My Lai

#138 Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House #139 Moments for the KIA/MIA #140 Tunnel Rat (Flashlight and a 45) #141 Tet Offensive #142 Bien Hoa Blues #143 Mystery of the Mekong #144 Fire in the Hole #145 Saigon Phunk

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

1998

#135 Elixir Saigon Battle Children 1972 1998 · Album · Elixir · Festival Mushroom # 336362 · Australia

Annotation

Jazz group formed in 1997 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The line-up featured: Katie Noonan (vocals), Nick Stewart (guitar), River Petein (alto saxophone), Martin Challis (poetry), and Isaac Hurren (tenor saxophone). This album featured the anti-war song "Saigon Battle Children 1972" (Festival Mushroom Records # 336362), in which the narrator made a comparison to their daily life with that of a child in the Vietnam War. As the narrator enjoyed the taste of "cashew and walnut", the child ate "the bones of your neightbours' dog". As the child "went without feet, a landmine exploding", the narrator "sprained an ankle at basketball". The line "while your skin seared from the heat of warfare" may be a reference to chemical weapon Napalm B - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline. Declared a war-crime since 1980, the US government extensively used this weapon during the Vietnam conflict, dropping 388,000 tons on Indochina between 1963 and 1973.¹²³ As the child suffered from a napalm attack, the narrator was "feeling the warmth of a shopping centre".

Sources

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English

While I was learning to saviour the new taste of cashew and walnut in the autumn of that year

You were learning to eat the bones of your neightbours' dog as you fled from an earth gone moist

The leaves of war were torn from the jungle as a cavalry of shrapnel burnt away the air

You were learning to hold your breath while I was doing the same in a suburban swimming pool

When the dust of your family filled the lids of your eyes

Being left to see for yourself held quite a different meaning

While your skin seared from the heat of warfare

I was feeling the warmth of a shopping centre in winter

When you went without feet, a landmine exploding your underneath world underneath

I sprained an ankle at basketball

The words of an American god spat forth from automatic weapon

And you saw the tongues of the lamb inviting you to feast in a foreign language

And while I drew in crayon on the kindergarten wall

You were drawn in the crosshairs just before the smell of cordite

While your skin seared from the heat of warfare

I was feeling the warmth of a shopping centre in winter

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Themes: Child Vietnamese Children Napalm Landmine Civilian Casualties Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Jazz

Also in: ▤ Amerasians, Orphans & Vietnamese Children ▤ Australian & New Zealand Songs

#136 Hamiet Bluiett & Muhal Richard Abrams Requiem for Kent State 1998 · Archival · Saying Something for All · Just A Memory # JAM 9134-2 · USA

Notes

- Requiem for Kent State
- Free jazz

- Recorded live in 1979 with the Sam Rivers big band (Rivbea All-Star Orchestra); first issued 1998. Requiem for Kent State recorded 4 February 1979 with the Sam Rivers Big Band at Kent State University, Kent Winter Jazz Festival (rest of album recorded 31 July 1977 at The Environ, NYC). Engineers on track 6: Peter Petto, Rik Harvin. Producer Hamiet Bluiett; executive producer Jim West; liner notes Jim Little.

Barcode 0 6894-49134-2 8. Manufactured by Cinram; label based in Canada (Justin Time group).

Theme: Kent State

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs

2000

#137 Rodney Oakes Threnody for the Victims of My Lai 2000 · Album · Music for Midi Trombone · Innova # innova 542 · USA

Notes

- Threnody for the Victims of My Lai
- Electronic jazz / classical composer

- Composed 1999 for MIDI trombone; the liner notes say it commemorates the killing of Vietnamese civilians on 16 March 1968 and reflects on how young men are trained for such violence. Released 1 October 2000.

Themes: My Lai Civilian Casualties

Genres: ♪ Western Classical Music Electroacoustic

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

2001

#138–145 Billy Bang Vietnam: The Aftermath 2001 · Album · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

All 8 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

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#138 Billy Bang Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House 2001 · Album · Vietnam: The Aftermath · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

Notes

Recorded 13–14 April 2001 at Sorcerer Sound; mastered 17 Sept 2001. Produced by Billy Bang and Jean-Pierre Leduc; conductor Butch Morris; with John Hicks (piano), Curtis Lundy (bass), Michael Carvin (drums), Ted Daniel (trumpet), Frank Lowe (tenor sax), Sonny Fortune (flute), Ron Brown (percussion). Published by Janijam Music / Justin Time Publishing (SOCAN). Barcode 0 68944 01652 5.

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

#139 Billy Bang Moments for the KIA/MIA 2001 · Album · Vietnam: The Aftermath · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

Annotation: see “Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

#140 Billy Bang Tunnel Rat (Flashlight and a 45) 2001 · Album · Vietnam: The Aftermath · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

Annotation: see “Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

#141 Billy Bang Tet Offensive 2001 · Album · Vietnam: The Aftermath · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

Annotation: see “Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

#142 Billy Bang Bien Hoa Blues 2001 · Album · Vietnam: The Aftermath · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

Annotation: see “Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

#143 Billy Bang Mystery of the Mekong 2001 · Album · Vietnam: The Aftermath · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

Annotation: see “Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

#144 Billy Bang Fire in the Hole 2001 · Album · Vietnam: The Aftermath · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

Annotation: see “Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

#145 Billy Bang Saigon Phunk 2001 · Album · Vietnam: The Aftermath · Justin Time # JUST 165-2 · USA

Annotation: see “Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ Jazz Free Jazz

2003

#146 Witek Kornacki, Felix Huber & Lech Wieleba My Lai 2003 · Album · East-West Inspiration · Documents # 221862-311 · Switzerland

Notes

My Lai - Klezmer, jazz instrumental

Notes

2xCD on Documents (Membran, Germany); "My Lai" is CD2 track 9.

Theme: My Lai

Genres: ♪ Jazz Klezmer

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

#147 Carlo Actis Dato Quartet My Lai 2003 · Album · Swingin' Hanoi · Splasc(h) # CDH907.2 · Italy

Notes

- My Lai
- Carlo Actis Dato Quartet
- Jazz, Italy

- Credited on the sleeve as "Actis Dato Quartet". Recorded 12-13 January 2003; the CD dates from 2004.

Theme: My Lai

#149 Reflections #150 Doi Moi #151 Lock & Load #152 Ly Ngua O #153 Reconciliation #154 Reconciliation 2 #155 Ru Con #156 Trong Com #157 Waltz of the Water Puppets

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

2005

#148 Ernest Dawkins' Chicago 12 Misconception Part 1 2005 · Live · Misconceptions of a Delusion Shades of a Charade: Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Chicago 7 Trial · Dawk · USA

Annotation

Ernest Dawkins, avant-garde jazz musician, born 2 November 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, he is a member of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.¹ He released this powerful political protest album for the 35th anniversary of the "Chicago Seven" trial, regarding the demonstrations outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The 79-minute, live, jazz instrumentation featuring spoken-word poetry by Khari B, summarized the story, which particularly focused on Bobby Seale being separated at the trial from the other seven white high-profile protesters arrested and charged, thus making a strong point about racism and Civil Rights in the US.² The song "Misconception Part 1" (Dawk Music # 04) set the scene of the demonstrations, as: "Agent Orange delusions that rode the wind in from a burning Vietnam". Agent Orange is a reference to the herbicide / defoliant used by the US, which had long-term negative health effects, especially found in 80s and post-war songs. It noted that Richard J. Daley and the system allowed the police to indiscriminately attack the protesters. It concluded with eight indictments: "seven plus one".

Sources

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Live 79-minute performance with spoken-word poetry by Khari B (JazzTimes review). Discogs lists only a digital (FLAC, Not On Label) edition released 2 January 2010, from Bandcamp (ernestdawkins.bandcamp.com), with four tracks Misconception Part 1–4 (Part 1 = 7:04 on the digital edition, total c.31:42). Wikipedia discography lists the title on the Dawk label.

Lyrics

English

Who is this system...there is no racism in America today

Because system, America's favourite child, will eat her own young...

Status quo...led system to bound and gag

About to disrupt these peaceful proceeding

It was simple

Go to school, graduate, get a good job...

Keep your hair short...pay taxes to maintain the status quo...

A white...suburbia...

Agent Orange delusions that rode the wind in from a burning Vietnam that caused them to stray from their proper paper passions...

They could have been young Republicans

Blind beneficiaries to the benefits of the hypocrisy

Of a none existing Republic...

Foolishly they preferred poets over politicians, musicians over the local magistrates...

Protest demonstrations instead of convening inside a capitalist Convention

There home was outside of the status quo...

Daley, system decreed, there will be no demonstrations

Daley, Daley, system, deployed...

Go ahead for head bashing...

Beat some sense into them...chaos...the police are not in the street to create disorder

They are in the street to preserve disorder...

For six whole days, on the seventh...eight indictments were made...

Eight...seven plus one, seven plus one...

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Themes: Chicago Seven Protest

Genres: ♪ Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz Jazz Poetry

Also in: ▤ 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs

#149–157 Billy Bang Vietnam: Reflections 2005 · Album · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

All 9 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

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#149 Billy Bang Reflections 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#150 Billy Bang Doi Moi 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#151 Billy Bang Lock & Load 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#152 Billy Bang Ly Ngua O 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#153 Billy Bang Reconciliation 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#154 Billy Bang Reconciliation 2 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#155 Billy Bang Ru Con 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#156 Billy Bang Trong Com 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#157 Billy Bang Waltz of the Water Puppets 2005 · Album · Vietnam: Reflections · Justin Time # JUST 212-2 · USA

Genres: ♪ Jazz Post-Bop Hard Bop

#158 Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections #159 Mystery of the Mekong #160 Lucky Man: Flashback Memories #161 New Saigon Phunk (Traditional and Improvised) #162 Lucky Man: Billy Reflecting on Memories and Feelings #163 Lucky Man: Flashlight and a 45 Tunnel Memories #164 Lucky Man Title Music: Vietnam 1967 Battle Composition #165 Moments for the KIA/MIA, Solo in a Hotel Interior Courtyard

2021

#158–165 Billy Bang (Music From The Film) Lucky Man 2021 · Archival · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

All 8 songs from this archival in the archive are in this collection

Notes

Film soundtrack

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#158 Billy Bang Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections 2021 · Archival · (Music From The Film) Lucky Man · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

Notes

Film soundtrack

Notes

3-LP set, BBE / IF Music, 'You Need This!' series; barcode 1 95497 54842 2; LC 15287. Recordings from Bang's return travels in Vietnam (film Billy Bang: Lucky Man, 2008) interspersed with his reflections on music, art, war and his return. Live sound recording in Vietnam: Arnaud Soulier; sleeve notes Markus Hansen. CD edition BBE650ACD (16 tracks, lacks side F excerpts). No durations on Discogs.

#159 Billy Bang Mystery of the Mekong 2021 · Archival · (Music From The Film) Lucky Man · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

Annotation: see “Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections” above (same release).

#160 Billy Bang Lucky Man: Flashback Memories 2021 · Archival · (Music From The Film) Lucky Man · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

Annotation: see “Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections” above (same release).

#161 Billy Bang New Saigon Phunk (Traditional and Improvised) 2021 · Archival · (Music From The Film) Lucky Man · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

Annotation: see “Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections” above (same release).

#162 Billy Bang Lucky Man: Billy Reflecting on Memories and Feelings 2021 · Archival · (Music From The Film) Lucky Man · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

Annotation: see “Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections” above (same release).

#163 Billy Bang Lucky Man: Flashlight and a 45 Tunnel Memories 2021 · Archival · (Music From The Film) Lucky Man · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

Annotation: see “Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections” above (same release).

#164 Billy Bang Lucky Man Title Music: Vietnam 1967 Battle Composition 2021 · Archival · (Music From The Film) Lucky Man · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

Annotation: see “Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections” above (same release).

#165 Billy Bang Moments for the KIA/MIA, Solo in a Hotel Interior Courtyard 2021 · Archival · (Music From The Film) Lucky Man · BBE # BBE650ALP · USA

Annotation: see “Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections” above (same release).

#171 Ricognizione In Elicottero Sulle Retrovie #172 Pagode #173 La Piazza Del Mercato A Saigon #174 Veglia - Scaramucce Notturne

2022

#166 Dżamble Słońce nad My-Lai 2022 · Archival · W noc i w dzień (Radio & TV Sessions 1969-1972) · Kameleon # KAMLP 33 · Poland

Notes

"The Sun Over My Lai". Recorded 1971 for Polish Radio; first issued on the Kameleon LP "W noc i w dzień (Radio & TV Sessions 1969-1972)" KAMLP 33 (2022); this 3CD set (23 February 2024) has it at disc 2 track 3. Music Marian Pawlik, lyricist not credited.

Themes: My Lai Anti-War Anti-Calley

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz-Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

2024

#167 Dżamble Słońce Nad My-Lai (The Sun Over My Lai) 2024 · Compilation · W noc i dzień, Nagrania archiwalne z lat 1969-1972 · Kameleon Records (3) # KAMCD 127 / 128 / 129 · Poland

Notes

Słońce nad My-Lai (The Sun Over My Lai) (Dzamble)

Poland, jazz, archival

Notes

Archival compilation of 1969-1972 Polish Radio/TV recordings. Issued in 8-panel digipak with 20-page booklet. Compiled/mixed/mastered by Paweł Nawara; supervised by Marek Trepko. Band: Andrzej Zaucha (vocals), Jerzy Horwath (piano, harpsichord, organ), Marian Pawlik (bass), Benedykt Radecki / Jerzy Bezucha (drums). A 2022 LP version 'W Noc I W Dzień (Radio & TV Sessions 1969-1972)' also exists (release 24629963) – not checked whether it includes Słońce Nad My-Lai.

Styles: Prog Rock, Jazz-Rock, R&B. radio/TV recording 1970-72; vocals Andrzej Zaucha; drums Jerzy Bezucha; bass Marian Pawlik; keys Jerzy Horwath The Sun Over My Lai, an archival Polish Radio/TV recording from 1969-1972 issued on the 2024 compilation W noc i dzień.

Format: 3xCD.

Themes: My Lai Civilian Casualties Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Jazz Jazz-Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

Unknown date

#168 Hershey Cohen Orchestra feat. Jeanne Baxter The Land of the U.S.A. Single · The Land of the U.S.A. / A Prayer for Our Boys · Green Valley # AIP-1005 · USA

Credited on the record as Jeanne Baxter, Hershey Cohen Orch..

Notes

Green Valley Records AIP-1005, red, white and blue stars-and-stripes label, ASCAP, Green Valley; Side 1: "The Land of the U.S.A." (George Green), sung by Jeanne Baxter with the Hershey Cohen Orch., time 2:05; Side 2: "A Prayer for Our Boys" (George Green), Hershey Cohen Orch., time 3:00. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Lyrics

English

To all our boys in Vietnam, regardless of that state you're from

You're from a land so rich and free, where all enjoy their liberty

You're from a land less poor, and we'll help on any shore

It is the land of the U.S.A., the good old U.S.A.

You are coming back to stay in a land so rich and free...

You are the best from our own land, and prove it daily by your stand

You make us all so proud of you, and to your country you're so true

And we waiting for that day when all our boys come back to stay

In the land of the U.S.A., in the good old U.S.A., you are coming back

To the boys from our own homeland who are so far away

We are thinking of your always and we won't forget to pray

Dear father up in heaven please listen to our plea

To guide and direct and protect them over land, or air, or sea

We will write to you more often, let you know what is new

And we hope before the conflict that it will much encourage you

Dear father up in heaven please listen to our plea

To guide and direct and protect them over land, or air, or sea

We all back home are waiting for the good news to hear

That the conflict is all over and we need no more to hear

Dear father up in heaven please listen to our plea

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Theme: Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Pop

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#169 Hershey Cohen Orchestra feat. Jeanne Baxter A Prayer for Our Boys Single · The Land of the U.S.A. / A Prayer for Our Boys · Green Valley # AIP-1005 · USA

Credited on the record as Hershey Cohen Orch..

Annotation

Both sung by Jeanne Baxter
(Green Valley Records # AIP-1005). Unknown location.

Patriotic. Traditional jazz. Religion. Plight of the soldier.

"A Prayer for Our Boys"

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation: see “The Land of the U.S.A.” above (same release).

Lyrics

English

To all our boys in Vietnam, regardless of that state you're from

You're from a land so rich and free, where all enjoy their liberty

You're from a land less poor, and we'll help on any shore

It is the land of the U.S.A., the good old U.S.A.

You are coming back to stay in a land so rich and free...

You are the best from our own land, and prove it daily by your stand

You make us all so proud of you, and to your country you're so true

And we waiting for that day when all our boys come back to stay

In the land of the U.S.A., in the good old U.S.A., you are coming back

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Religion

Genre: ♪ Traditional Pop

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#170 The Marvells Forget About That Mess Single · Forget About That Mess Part 1 / Forget About That Mess Part 2 · Sensation # UCH 007 · USA

Notes

Soul jazz, anti-war, protest. Early 70s?
Shooting, riots, rich, poor, let's get together, no war

Notes

Discogs credits artist as 'The Marvels (13)'. Label Sensation Records. Label note: 'Produced by U. Lee, C. Wills, and H. Davis'. Herman Davis: Written-By, Producer. Published by C. Wills Music Pub. Pressed by Archer Record Pressing. Part 1 2:10.

Themes: Anti-War Protest City & Community Violence Poverty

Genres: ♪ Soul, Gospel & Funk Funk Soul

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

#171–174 Nino Porto Il fascino dell'improvvisazione - Concerto per Jan Palach / Servizio speciale dal Vietnam Album · Edizioni Del Tima Club # MPV-11 · Italy

All 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Notes

Italy, jazz

Servizio Speciale Dal Vietnam
B1 Ricognizione In Elicottero Sulle Retrovie
B2 Pagode
B3 La Piazza Del Mercato A Saigon
B4 Veglia - Scaramucce Notturne

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#171 Nino Porto Ricognizione In Elicottero Sulle Retrovie Album · Il fascino dell'improvvisazione - Concerto per Jan Palach / Servizio speciale dal Vietnam · Edizioni Del Tima Club # MPV-11 · Italy

Notes

Italy, jazz

Servizio Speciale Dal Vietnam
B1 Ricognizione In Elicottero Sulle Retrovie
B2 Pagode
B3 La Piazza Del Mercato A Saigon
B4 Veglia - Scaramucce Notturne

Notes

Side B is a four-part suite 'Servizio Speciale Dal Vietnam' (Special Report from Vietnam); Side A is 'Concerto Per Jan Palach' (Palach self-immolated Jan 1969). Credits: Organ - Nino Porto. Tima Club was a library-music / electronic-organ label. 'Helicopter Reconnaissance Over the Rear Lines', first movement of the organ suite 'Servizio Speciale dal Vietnam' on the Tima Club library-music label; side A is a concerto for Jan Palach.

Themes: Helicopter Combat Journalist

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#172 Nino Porto Pagode Album · Il fascino dell'improvvisazione - Concerto per Jan Palach / Servizio speciale dal Vietnam · Edizioni Del Tima Club # MPV-11 · Italy

Annotation: see “Ricognizione In Elicottero Sulle Retrovie” above (same release).

Themes: Buddhism Helicopter Saigon Combat Journalist

Genre: ♪ Library Music

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#173 Nino Porto La Piazza Del Mercato A Saigon Album · Il fascino dell'improvvisazione - Concerto per Jan Palach / Servizio speciale dal Vietnam · Edizioni Del Tima Club # MPV-11 · Italy

Annotation: see “Ricognizione In Elicottero Sulle Retrovie” above (same release).

Themes: Saigon Helicopter Combat

Also in: ▤ European Songs ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#174 Nino Porto Veglia - Scaramucce Notturne Album · Il fascino dell'improvvisazione - Concerto per Jan Palach / Servizio speciale dal Vietnam · Edizioni Del Tima Club # MPV-11 · Italy

Annotation: see “Ricognizione In Elicottero Sulle Retrovie” above (same release).

Themes: Combat Journalist Saigon Helicopter