Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Personnel: CD 1, Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quintet; CD 2, Wadada Leo Smith's Organic.
"What we've got here is a double-disc set of avant garde, free jazz led by a 69-year-old Rastafarian trumpeter who is a known admirer — as most trumpeters are — of Miles Davis. And it shows. Disc one was recorded live in a New York studio, but disc two, also recorded live, was born at New Haven's own Firehouse 12 studio last April. Each of the four tracks on the locally-bred disc is over 12 minutes long. 'South Central L.A. Kulture' starts out spacey, then settles into a funky 'Superstition'-type groove. 'Angela Davis' continues the funk, but eventually breaks down to simple, sustained trumpet sounds. 'Organic' takes a cue from the abstract, spine-tingling monolith sounds of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and then transforms into a loose, wandering, but aggressive jam. Don't listen for melody ... just enjoy the ride, like you would driving down the highway with your eyes closed in a dream" (Mike Sembos, "Local CDs," New Haven Advocate, 3/4/10).
Personnel: CD 1, Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quintet; CD 2, Wadada Leo Smith's Organic.
"What we've got here is a double-disc set of avant garde, free jazz led by a 69-year-old Rastafarian trumpeter who is a known admirer — as most trumpeters are — of Miles Davis. And it shows. Disc one was recorded live in a New York studio, but disc two, also recorded live, was born at New Haven's own Firehouse 12 studio last April. Each of the four tracks on the locally-bred disc is over 12 minutes long. 'South Central L.A. Kulture' starts out spacey, then settles into a funky 'Superstition'-type groove. 'Angela Davis' continues the funk, but eventually breaks down to simple, sustained trumpet sounds. 'Organic' takes a cue from the abstract, spine-tingling monolith sounds of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and then transforms into a loose, wandering, but aggressive jam. Don't listen for melody ... just enjoy the ride, like you would driving down the highway with your eyes closed in a dream" (Mike Sembos, "Local CDs," New Haven Advocate, 3/4/10).
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