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J Marks And William Lebzelter
Rock And Other Four Letter Words

Album US 1968 on Columbia Masterworks label
Electronic, Jazz and Rock (Free Jazz, Gospel, Musique Concrète, Avant-garde, Experimental)

Rock and other four letter words: Created By J Marks and Shipen Lebzelter; Featuring a cast of thousands, Including the voices, Comments, yawns and blurbs of bunches of international rock stars and various other good people: Music to live and die by, and other zook zounds and voices of the first national nothing, etc. This album is dedicated to Karlheinz Stockhausen, who destroyed our ears so we could hear. Based on the book "Rock And Other Four Letter Words" by J Marks, commissioned and published by Bantam Books, 1968.

Musicians

	J Marks syn, synthesizer, moog iii, composed by, created by, album by, performer, rock riff, vocals, soloist
	William Lebzelter syn, synthesizer, moog iii, composed by, created by, album by, vocals, soloist
	Carol Miller , alto vocals, soloist
	Bruce A. Johnson eb, bass guitar
	Alan Silva b, *1939 US cello, contractor
	The Greater Abyssinian Baptist Choir Of Newark, N.J. , choir
	Gregg Smith Singers , chorus
	Gregg Smith , 1931-2016 US conductor
	Alex Bradford p, 1927-1978 US baritone vocals, gospel, piano, gospel piano, directed by, choir, vocals, soloist
	Cecil Garrett dr, drums, gospel drums
	Nick Gefroh dr, drums, leader
	Larry Packer vn, fiddle, electric fiddle
	Clay Drayton g, guitar, gospel guitar
	Jake Jacobs g, voc, US lead guitar
	Alberta Bradford org, p, organ, gospel organ
	Burton Greene p, *1937 organ, piano, celesta, celeste
	Andrew Cyrille dr, *1939 US percussion
	Laurence Cook perc, dr, *1939 US percussion
	Warren Smith perc, dr, vib, *1934 US percussion
	Blaine Farris org, p, piano, organ, celesta, celeste
	Gerald Hayes sax, as, US reeds
	Martin Alter sax, reeds
	William Draper sax, reeds
	Jonathan Sachs rhythm guitar, rhythm guitar i
	Michael Berdardi rhythm guitar, rhythm guitar ii
	Bob Walker g, rhythm guitar, rhythm guitar iii
	Hilda Harris bvoc, voc, US soprano vocals, soloist
	Roswell Rudd tb, *1935 US trombone
	Jimmy Owens tr, fh, *1943 US trumpet
	Michael Ripley tr, trumpet
	Stephen Furtado tr, trumpet
	Gerri Kuczynski , vocals, soloist
	William Graf , vocals, soloist
	Mickie Most , 1938-2003 GB vocals, soloist
	Janet Graham , vocals, soloist
	Woody Guthrie voc, g, 1912-1967 US words by

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