| The People's Republic | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | December 4–6, 1975 | |||
| Studio | Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:17 | |||
| Label | A&M/Horizon SP-708 | |||
| Producer | Ed Michel | |||
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The People's Republic is an album by the Revolutionary Ensemble, violinist Leroy Jenkins, bassist Sirone and drummer Jerome Cooper, which was recorded in late 1975 and released on the A&M/Horizon label the following year.[1][2][3]
According to Sirone, when A&M's cofounder Herb Alpert played an excerpt from the album (probably "The People's Republic," which opens with voices) for musical director Quincy Jones, it elicited a harsh, negative reaction, with Jones claiming that he had "been conned; that it wasn’t jazz or music and blah blah blah." Sirone recalls that Jones missed the point, which was that "everybody can sing, you may not like the voices but everybody can sing."[4]
- ^ Both Sides Now: A&M Album Discography, Part 26 – A&M Horizon Jazz Series, accessed April 27, 2018
- ^ Revolutionary Ensemble discography, accessed April 27, 2018
- ^ Sirone discography, accessed April 27, 2018
- ^ Gluck, Bob (2016). The Miles Davis Lost Quintet and Other Revolutionary Ensembles. The University of Chicago Press. p. 141.