Home / Music / David Lindley and three Kaleidoscope members played on Songs of Leonard CohenMusic linernotes album music leonard-cohenDavid Lindley and three Kaleidoscope members played on Songs of Leonard CohenChester Crill, Chris Darrow, Solomon Feldthouse, and David Lindley all contributed to Cohen’s debut. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesSongs of Leonard Cohen spent a year and a half on the UK Albums ChartThe back cover of Songs of Leonard Cohen features a Mexican religious image found in a botánicaLeonard Cohen banned drums from his first albumA Casio keyboard inspired Leonard Cohen's synth-pop turnLeonard Cohen wanted sparse; John Simon added strings anywayExploreIt Might as Well Be Swing was Sinatra's first studio recording with Quincy JonesRalph Burns arranged the ballad side of The Genius of Ray CharlesQuincy Jones pulled in players from Count Basie and Duke Ellington's bands for Ray CharlesEric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner arranged the orchestral parts on Africa/BrassRalph Burns and John Lewis split the arranging duties on Chris Connor's ChrisPrevious Deep Purple in Rock came out June 5, 1970Next Come On Over: 40 million copies — the best-selling country album of all time