Pourquoi L'Amérique explained

Pourquoi L'Amérique
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Eddie Harris
Cover:	Pourquoi L'Amérique.jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	1968 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:39
Label:	AZ STEC LP 68
Producer:	Ahmet Ertegun and Joel Dorn
Chronology:	Eddie Harris
Prev Title:	Plug Me In
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Silver Cycles
Next Year:	1968

Pourquoi L'Amérique (translation: Why America) is a soundtrack album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1968 for the documentary of the same name on American history from 1917 to 1939 by French film director Frédéric Rossif and released on the French AZ label.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

1. "Pourquoi L'Amérique" – 3:30
2. "La Terre" – 5:00
3. "Odeur de la Poudre" – 3:45
4. "Musique pour un Massacre" – 4:04
5. "Mort d'un Ennemi Public" – 2:40
6. "Pourquoi L'Amérique (Deuxième Version)" – 1:51
7. "New Deal" – 3:39
8. "Prelude to Pearl Harbor" – 1:50
9. "Civilisation de Consommation" – 2:00
10. "Grèves Sauvages" – 1:40
11. "Parfois la Guerre" – 1:55
12. "Raisins de la Colère" – 3:30
13. Pourquoi L'Amérique (Troisième Version)" – 3:15

Personnel

• Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone, varitone
• Jodie Christian – piano
• Melvin Jackson – bass
• Billy Hart – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.eddieharris.com/#discography Eddie Harris discography