The extraordinary late creative flowering of Wadada Leo Smith carries on. He turned 80 on December 18, 2021, but the outpouring of new albums, including … Read More “Qasim Naqvi/Wadada Leo Smith/Andrew Cyrille: Two Centuries (Red Hook)”
7pm Open Healing: Albert Ayler | Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet / Pheeroan akLaff – drums 7:20pm Film: Butterfly Silver by Robert Fenz excerpt (4 … Read More “Vision Festival – Day 1”
The Polish city of Wrocław—population 640,000—doesn’t have a very robust jazz scene, but for 10 days this past November it was transformed into one of … Read More “Jazztopad Festival: From Poland, with Swing”
It is too soon to declare Wadada Leo Smith the Picasso of jazz. Picasso sustained his creative powers and his prolific productivity into his nineties. … Read More “Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks: Pure Love (TUM)”
It is profoundly satisfying to hear drummer Andrew Cyrille—who helped shepherd the tornado of Cecil Taylor through Unit Structures, among many others, more than 50 … Read More “Andrew Cyrille: Lebroba (ECM)”
Wadada Leo Smith: Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM) Najwa (TUM) Wadada Leo Smith’s solo trumpet tribute to Thelonious Monk evokes two points of … Read More “Wadada Leo Smith: Two New Albums on TUM”
Trumpeter-composer Wadada Leo Smith’s latest long-form suite, America’s National Parks, unites political engagement with a soul-deep connection to nature. Marshaling his newly expanded Golden Quintet … Read More “Wadada Leo Smith: America’s National Parks”
Highlights included Kenny Barron Trio, Roberta Gambarini and more
Wadada Leo Smith and John Lindberg have performed as a duo over the years, since connecting in the ’70s in Anthony Braxton’s Creative Orchestra, but … Read More “Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg: Celestial Weather”
a cosmic rhythm with each stroke (ECM) This certainly isn’t the first time Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith have worked together-their partnership in Smith’s … Read More “Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith: a cosmic rhythm with each stroke”
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