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Heart's Reflections

By Wadada Leo Smith

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden (For Don Cherry); 02. The Dhikr Of Radiant Hearts, Pt. I; 03. The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Pt. II; 04. The Majestic Way; 05. The Shaykh, as Far as Humaythira; 06. Spiritual Wayfarers; 07. Certainty; 08. Ritual Purity and Love, Pt. I; 09. Ritual Purity and Love, Pt. II; 10. Silsila; 11. The Well: from Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Pt. I; 12. Well: from Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Pt. II; 13. Toni Morrison: The Black Hole (Sagittarius A)/Conscience and Epic Memory (For Toni Morrison); 14. Leroy Jenkins's Air Steps (For Leroy Jenkins).

Wadada Leo Smith: Heart's Reflections

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 16, 2012

Iniziamo subito dicendo che questo doppio album di Wadada Leo Smith è veramente molto bello. Proseguiamo invitando la critica ad ascoltarlo senza necessariamente fare paragoni con Miles Davis, anche perché i paragoni ci portano inevitabilmente fuori strada. Non del tutto ovviamente, visto che certi riferimenti sono comunque validi, ma esaminare questo doppio album solo sotto il ...

Heart's Reflections

By Wadada Leo Smith

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: CD1: Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden (For Don Cherry); The Dhikr Of Radiant Hearts, Pt. I; The Dhikr Of Radiant Hearts, Pt. II; The Majestic Way; The Shaykh, As Far As Humaythira; Spiritual Wayfarers; Certainty; Ritual Purity And Love, Pt. I; Ritual Purity And Love, Pt. II; CD2: Silsila; The Well: From Bitter To Fresh Sweet Water, Pt. I; Well: From Bitter To Fresh Sweet Water, Pt. II; Toni Morrison: The Black Hole (Sagittarius A)/Conscience And Epic Memory (For Toni Morrison); Leroy Jenkins's Air Steps (For Leroy Jenkins).

Heart's Reflections

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: CD1: Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden (for Don Cherry); Heart's Reflections: Splendors of Light and Purification (for Shaykh Abu al-Hasn al-Shadhili): The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts-Part 1; The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts-Part2; The Majestic Way; The Shaykh as far as Humaythira; Spiritual Wayfarers; Certainty; Ritual Purity and Love-Part1; Ritual Purity and Love-Part 2; CD2: Heart's Reflections: Splendors of Light and Purification (for Shaykh Abu al-Hasn al Shadili): Silsila; The Well: From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water-Part 1; The Well: From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water-Part 2; Toni Morrison: The Black Hole (Sagittarius A *), Conscience and Epic Memory (for Toni Morrison); Leroy Jenkins' Sir Steps (for Leroy Jenkins).

Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections

by Raul d'Gama Rose
September 14, 2011

To assess Wadada Leo Smith's contribution to the literature of his chosen instrument--the trumpet--as his sole claim to fame would be touching just the tip of the proverbial iceberg of his importance in the scheme of contemporary music. Firstly, there is a bottomless depth to him that rivals that of musicians such as Yusef Lateef and ...

Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections

by Jerry D'Souza
August 11, 2011

The creative arc of Wadada Leo Smith describes a man of many talents. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) before forming the Creative Construction Company with Anthony Braxton and Leroy Jenkins. He has organized music into rhythm units and added a form of notation he called Akhreanvention. He ...

Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections

by Mark Corroto
May 22, 2011

For Mies van der Rohe, the saying “less is more" might be true. But for trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, more is always more. Heart's Reflections is his fifth release for Cuneiform Records and, like his three prior efforts, a double CD.Organic, one of Smith's numerous working bands, is a continuation of his Yo Miiles! ...