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Wadada Leo Smith: Heart's Reflections
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira - Dark Lady of the Sonnets (2012)
Trumpeter, composer and bandleader Wadada Leo Smith, who celebrated his 70th birthday just last month, is as productive as he's ever been, and I'm getting nearly exhausted just keeping up covering all his new releases. Lately, he's headed up three active bands: The Golden Quartet, Organic and the Silver Orchestra. Now's there's a fourth one: Wadada ...
Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith & Taylor Ho Bynum
by Martin Longley
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 ...
John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2011
by John Sharpe
Here are ten new releases and three reissues which stood out from those heard this year: Wadada Leo Smith's OrganicHeart's ReflectionsCuneiform String ensembles and fusion don't usually go together, but in AACM trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's universe anything is possible. His Organic ensemble made its first ...
Heart’s Reflections
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: CD1: Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden; Heart's Reflections: Splendors of Light and Purification (for Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili): The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Part I; The Dihkr of Radiant Hearts, Part II; The Majestic Way; The Shaykh, as far as Humaythira; Spiritual Wayfarers; Certainty; Ritual Purity and Love, Part I; Ritual Purity and Love, Part II. CD2: Heart's Reflections: Splendors of Light and Purification (for Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili): Silsila; The Well: From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Part I; From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Part 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); 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).
The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer
Label:
Released: 2011
Track listing:
01. Uprising; 02. Love; 03. Seeds of a Forgotten Flower; 04. The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer; 05. Mto: The Celestial River; 06. Don't You Remember; 07. Sellassie-I;
08. Seven Arrows in the Garden of Light; 09. Buffalo People: A Blues Ritual Dance; 10. Albert Ayler in a Spiritual Light.
Convergence Quartet: Cambridge, UK, November 9, 2011
by John Sharpe
Convergence QuartetChurchill CollegeCambridge, UKNovember 9, 2011 What began as a one-off invitation, requiring no little chutzpah, shows all the signs of developing an enduring life. Following by multi-instrumentalist/composer Anthony Braxton's >quintet at the 2004 London Jazz Festival, British pianist Alexander Hawkins and bassist Dominic Lash invited cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum--a key ...
Dave Burrell Trio: New York, NY, September 10, 2011
by Garrison Fewell
Dave Burrell TrioCrosscurrent 3 Festival Poisson RougeNew York, NYSeptember 10, 2011For its third annual edition, Crosscurrent moved the festival from its home in Botticino, Italy to New York City. Following the sonic delights of the Vision Festival in June, Crosscurrent 3 offered an additional array of creative music ensembles ...
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