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String Quartet Nov. 1, Movement 1 by Wadada Leo Smith
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Album Title: String Quartets Nos. 1-12
Label: TUM Records
Released: 2022
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About the Album
"String Quartet No. 1, Movement 1 “Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917-1995) " is the first track from iconic composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's seven-disc box set String Quartets Nos. 1-12, out June 17, 2022 via TUM Records.
Tracks
Disc 1: String Quartet No. 1 (1965-1982) Movements 1 - 4, String Quartet No. 2 (1969-1980) 16:52; Disc 2: String Quartet No. 3 "Black Church: A First World Gathering of the Spirit" (1995) Movements 1 & 2, String Quartet No. 4 (1987-2001) Movements 1 – 5; Disc 3: String Quartet No. 5 "In the Diaspora - Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions" (2005), String Quartet No. 6 "Taif: Prayer in the Garden of the Hijaz" (2007), String Quartet No. 7 "Ten Thousand Ceveus Peruvianus Amemevical" (2011); Disc 4: String Quartet No. 8 "Opuntia Humifusa" (2011), String Quartet No. 9 (2001-2015) Movements 1 & 2, String Quartet No. 10 "Angela Davis: Into the Morning Sunlight" (2007-2016); Disc 5: String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) Movements 1 – 5; Disc 6: String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) Movements 6 – 9; Disc 7: String Quartet No. 12 (2016-2018) Movements 1 & 2.
Personnel
Wadada Leo Smith
trumpetShalini Vijayan
violinMona Tian
violin
Andrew McIntosh
violaAshley Walters
celloStuart Fox
guitarAlison Bjorkedal
harp
Anthony Davis
pianoLynn Vartan
percussion
Thomas Buckner
vocalsAdditional Personnel
Wadada Leo Smith: conductor.
Reviews
- String Quartets Nos. 1-12 by Mark Corroto
- String Quartets Nos. 1-12 by Karl Ackermann
Date featured
September 9, 2022
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