Jazz Articles about Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet

Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet: The Year Of The Elephant

by Mark Corroto
September 19, 2002

The aptly named Golden Quartet is either dubbed for the golden years of these four jazzmen, or perhaps it is the simple musical lines they have spun into an alloy of precious sound.

The quartet’s impressive resume is beyond doubt. Wadada Leo Smith was a member of Chicago’s AACM and bands of Anthony Braxton and Leroy Jenkins. Malachi Favors likewise played a part in the AACM before his days in the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Pianist Anthony Davis ...