We Shall Overcome
1970 · Impulse! AS-9183 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Charlie Haden
- Title
- We Shall Overcome
- Release
- Liberation Music Orchestra
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Impulse! # AS-9183
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Jazz · Jazz
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs
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 / Civil Rights 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: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)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Jazz Songs
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)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
born on 6 August 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa, USA, and died on 11 July 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Themes
In collections
1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs · Civil Rights Songs · Jazz Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs