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Wadada Leo Smith Presents The Create Festival, April 8 & 9, 2017 In New Haven

March 21, 2017

Visionary composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith presents the first-ever CREATE Festival, a two-day celebration and exploration of his inventive and unclassifiable music that will feature classic works alongside world premiere performances. Taking place Saturday and Sunday, April 8 and 9, 2017 at Firehouse 12, 45 Crown Street, New Haven, Connecticut, the festival will include performances ...

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Article: Live From New York

Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith & Taylor Ho Bynum

by Martin Longley
January 4, 2012

The Dave Douglas/Donny McCaslin Key Motion Quintet Jazz Standard December 8, 2011 This was the first of four Dave Douglas nights at the Jazz Standard, each of them highlighting a different performance perspective. The unexpected has become the expected where this high-wire trumpeter is concerned. Douglas is perpetually scouting ...

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Article: Interview

Eric Zinman: The Piano as Endangered Species

by Brian Wrentham
August 31, 2010

For over twenty years, pianist/composer Eric Zinman has been crafting his own approach to his instrument, since meeting trumpeter Bill Dixon in the '80s. He views himself as an ensemble player, who plays to include; in addition to his own writing, his trio disc, Eric Zinman Ensemble (Cadence, 2006), features short pieces by John Voigt, Laurence ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Wadada Leo Smith: Abbey Road Quartet; Spiritual Dimensions & Spirit Catcher

by Marc Medwin
June 12, 2010

Wadada Leo SmithAbbey Road QuartetTreader2009 Wadada Leo SmithSpiritual DimensionsCuneiform2009 Wadada Leo SmithSpirit CatcherNessa2009 There are few players that continue to be as ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Wadada Leo Smith: Spirit Catcher

by Clifford Allen
May 12, 2010

Wadada Leo Smith Spirit Catcher Nessa Records 2009 Certainly, composition in jazz has gone well beyond head arrangements that bracket solos and group playing--sometimes approaching areas that sound so open as to seem free-form. Multi-instrumentalist, trumpeter and composer Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith is one of a number of ...

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