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Wadada Leo Smith
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ISHMAEL WADADA LEO SMITH trumpet-player, multi- instrumentalist, composer and improviser has been active in the creative contemporary world music for over thirty years. His theory of Jazz and World music was significant in his music development as an artist and educator. Born in Leland, Mississippi, Smith's early musical life began in the high school concert and marching bands. At the age of thirteen, he became immersed within the Delta Blues and Improvisation music traditions. He received his formal musical education with his father, the U.S. Military band program (1963), Sherwood School of Music (1967-69), and Wesleyan University (1975-76). As an Improvisor-Composer, Smith has studied a variety of music cultures (African, Japanese, Indonesian, European and American) and has developed a Jazz and world music theory, and a notation system to fully express this music which he calls "Ankhrasmation". He has taught at the University of New Haven 1975-'76, the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY
Defiant Life
By Vijay Iyer
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Prelude: Survival; Sumud; Floating River Requiem (for Patrice Lumumba); Elegy: The Pilgrimage; Kite (for Refaat Alareer); Procession: Defiant Life.
Angel Falls
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Olo'Upnea and Lightning; Naomi Peak; Whispering Images; A Line Through Time; Vireo Bellii;
Angel Falls; Sonic Utterance; Kairos.
Music from the Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belgian trombonist Nabou Claerhout, Omar Sosa's latest
by Hobart Taylor
A Solstice Meditation with the Branford Marsalis Quartet Plus New Tunes from Nabou, Omar Sosa, the Kate Wyatt Trio and a Resurrected Live Performance from Freddie Hubbard. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Nabou “Flux Bloom" from Indigo (Edition) 00:20 Jakob Bro /Wadada Leo Smith/Marcus Gilmore “Imagine the Fire and Flames that Lights Up the Light ...
Vilnius Jazz Festival 2025
by Ieva Pakalniskyte
Vilnius Jazz Festival 2025 Old Theatre of Vilnius Vilnius, Lithuania October 13-21, 2025 This report covers five days from October 15-19. The thirty-eighth edition of the Vilnius Jazz Festival opened with the assurance of an event that has spent decades refining both its aesthetic and its purpose. As one ...
One For Jack D.
by Jerome Wilson
This is a special episode of The Outer View that pays tribute to the late drum master Jack DeJohnette. It includes some of his work as a bandleader as well as his collaborations with musicians like Charles Lloyd, Miles Davis, and Wadada Leo Smith. The show also includes music from other artists such as Pete La ...
Jazzfest Berlin 2025
by Giuseppe Segala
Jazzfest Berlin 2025 Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Quasimodo Jazz Club, A-Train Jazz Club, Chiesa monumentale Kaiser Wilhelm Berlino 30 ottobre--2 novembre 2025 Già nella prima serata di questa sessantaduesima edizione, il Jazzfest Berlin calava senza indugi una delle sue carte vincenti, con Wadada Leo Smith e Vijay Iyer sul grande ...
Wadada Leo Smith, Jakob Bro, Henry Threadgill, Gregg Belisle-Chi & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here is a playlist highlighting recent releases by some of the most adventurous players of our time, with a special focus on two pillars of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians--as the AACM marks its 60th anniversary--Wadada Leo Smith and Henry Threadgill.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted ...
New Music from Formica, McCreadie, Blake & More
by Bob Osborne
This week's selection of new music gathers artists working in jazz's more exploratory edges together with more traditional exponents approaching the music from new perspectives. Playlist Matías Formica “Frio" from Absurdo (Numeral) 00:00 Fergus McCreadie “Wayfinder" from The Shieling (Edition Records) 07:03 Johnathan Blake “Requiem For Dreams Shattered" from My Life ...
Jack DeJohnette: Song for World Forgiveness
by Carl Medsker
On October 26, 2025, the highly musical master percussionist Jack DeJohnette died peacefully. During the journey from his birthplace, Chicago, to his adopted home, Woodstock, NY, he created an enduring, diverse and sonically scintillating legacy. From his early days with Charles Lloyd, through the electric Miles Davis period, to the legendary Standards Trio with Keith Jarrett ...
