David grigg, patrick festa, james garrison, nick nielsen. An oratorio of seven songs, another extended composition by smith inspired by the civil rights movement in the united states. Rosa parks and the montgomery bus boycott, 381 days 7. Ten freedom summers ten freedom summers is based on the civil rights movement in the usa and wadada leo smith has been composing it on and off for over 30 years. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers 2012, cd discogs.
Wadada leo smith wadada is one of the most imaginative and explorative composers in creative music. I own a stash of wadada leo smith albums, at least half of which i shelled out for at a time in my life when the price of an album burnt the pocket. In march 2016, smith made his first appearance on ecm since 1993 in a duo collaboration with pianist vijay iyer on a cosmic rhythm with each stroke. When i received avishai cohens new album, big vicious, and saw that he plays on it tru.
It features performances by his golden quartetquintet and a small chamber ensemble, including anthony davis, john lindberg, pheeroan aklaaf, susie ibarra and others. Wadada leo smith americas national parks solsticealimentation mark langford, phil gibbs, roger skerman, p aul anstey, hugh kirkbride exchange tommy smith embodying the light the tommy smith youth jazz orchestraeffervescence omar sosa and seckou keita transparent water henry spencer and juncture the reasons dont change. Trumpeter composer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is the work of a lifetime by one. Ill fleetingly name drop the more recent triumphs of ten freedom summers 2012 and americas national parks 2017. Im going to say a few words about the albums, and for some no longer in print or available for download, ill provide links zipped, 320 bit mp3. This weeks guide to chicago jazz brought to you by. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cd3 mp3 album download. Ten freedom summers is a fourdisc box set by american trumpeter and composer wadada leo smith. A side project of the grammy winning partch ensemble, just strings is alison bjorkedal on harps, john schneider on guitars, and t.
Not enough has been said about dawn richards independently issued album its on itunes. The new york city jazz record may 20 3 it is a little strange to think that keyboardist chick corea on the cover is in his 70s. Within the opening moments of rosa parks and the montgomery bus boycott, 381 days. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cd2 mp3 album download. Karlin, jan gamma, lorenz amadeus foschia, jim ibarra, susie jacobson, peter vartan, lynn davis, anthony southwest chamber music musical group smith, wadada leo.
The top 100 albums of the 2010s, part 2 501 janiojala. And even though its a bit on the sacharine side i still went to itunes and bought a copy of the justice collective single. Wadada leo smith is a wellrespected trumpeter and composer working in avantgarde jazz and improvisation. Not enough has been said about dawn richards independently issued album its on itunes and rhapsody, but not many other places. Simple gifts sacred music for guitar by christopher. Wadada leo smith s ten freedom summers is first of all big.
Ishmael wadada leo smith 18 december 1941 in leland, mississippi is a trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avantgarde jazz and free improvisation. In addition to americas national parks, smith was widely recognized for his landmark 2012 civil rights opus ten freedom summers, a staggering achievement that merits comparison to coltranes a love supreme in sobriety and reach, francis davis, rhapsody jazz critics poll. I just love what kanye was doing last summer, by the way. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers poster download sites such as itunes, rhapsody, emusic, amazondownloads and many other. Wadada leo smiths latest album features rosa parks. Find wadada leo smith discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Ten freedom summers is one of my lifes defining works.
Trumpetercomposer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is the work of a lifetime by one. Cover art and high res images available below for download. I was trying to address the fact that human society overall seems to degrade all people who try or even express that they might want to try to improve things. Brad mehldau the prophet is a fool from finding gabriel. There are ambitious works, and then there is trumpeter wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers. John zorn trumpetercomposer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is the work of a lifetime by one of jazzs true visionaries, a kaleidoscopic, spiritually charged opus inspired by the struggle for africanamerican freedom and equality before the law. Albums include a cosmic rhythm with each stroke, ten freedom summers, and masada anniversary edition vol. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Ancestors february 2011 was a collaboration with percussionist louis moholomoholo, notably the 26minute ancestors. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cd2 mp3 album. Ten freedom summers, by wadada leo smith cuneiform records.
Jun 28, 2012 wadada leo smith kulture jazz wadada leo smith trumpet, fluegelhorn, koto, mbira, harmonica, bamboo notch flute, percussion, vocal recorded october 1992, hardstudios, winterthur engineer. Ten freedom summers truly deserves to be described as an epic work. Ishmael wadada leo smith born december 18, 1941 is an american trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the fields of avantgarde jazz and free improvisation. Troy on percussion and this collection presents a collection featuring the works of west coast based. Simple gifts sacred music for guitar mp3 album by christopher parkening. Avantgarde jazz, free improvisation, ecm style jazz. Performing this landmark multimovement work are the riveting golden quartetfeaturing. In the liner notes for a cosmic rhythm with each stroke, pianist vijay iyer notes that he and trumpeter wadada leo smith would often become a subsegment of the quartet in which the two played. In 2015, smith, in the midst of concerts for ten freedom summers and great lakes suites, recorded celestial weather, a duo album with lindberg comprising three suites. See how well critics are rating the best music and albums of all time. Ten freedom summers, by wadada leo smith the new york times. Check out ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith on amazon music. Trumpetercomposer wadada leo smith s ten freedom summers is the work of a lifetime by one of jazzs true visionaries, a kaleidoscopic, spiritually charged opus inspired by the struggle for.
Wadada leo smith also composed ten freedom summers cuneiform, 2012, premiered in october 2011, a fourdisc concept album about the civil rights movement of the usa performed by the golden quintet with a chamber orchestra. Vijay iyer wadada leo smith a cosmic rhythm with each. Ishmael wadada leo smith is an american trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the fields of avantgarde jazz and free improvisation. Americas national parks wadada leo smith s americas national parks. Ten freedom summers by cuneiform records from desktop or your mobile device. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Martin wieland produced by steve lake to characterize wadada leo smith as a genuinely musical soul would be a gross understatement. Ten freedom summers takes listeners on a probing journey of immense musical, psychological and spiritual scopewith social and historical resonances that reach well beyond the epochal struggles for african american civil rights in the 1950s and 60s. Trumpetercomposer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is the work of a lifetime by. Albums that you can buy downloaded from itunes andor amazon will have a dl after the grade. It unleashed skeins of stark vignettes, naked solos by trumpeter wadada leo smith and epic jousts between saxophonistflutist henry threadgill and saxophonist roscoe mitchell.
Ten freedom summers 2012, 4cd, usa, cuneiform rune 350353. Made in 1969 by peter zinovieffs ems company, the vcs3 was used by jean michel jarre, brian eno, king crimson, pink floyd, the who, gong and others. Music profile for wadada leo smith, born 18 december 1941. Rosa parks oratorio for three vocalists, string quartet, trumpet quartet, duo, and video.
Cudis more universally relatable verse strengthens kanyes rant on more current things going on. A blog supreme when pianist vijay iyer first put on a smith record, he heard great silences, toneless columns of air, long tones. The mind struggles to make coherent sense of so large an undertaking. He started out playing drums, mellophone and french horn before he settled on the trumpet.
I very much doubt theres an exile reader amongst us whos a fan of those godawful group hug style charity singles. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Smiths prior cuneiform release was ten freedom summers, a 4disc set dedicated to the american civil rights movement that received metacritics highest alltime score and was one of 3 finalists for 20s pulitzer prize in music. Im also a fan of sao paolo underground and other rob mazurek projects. So we finally found the finest tribute to froese published in the media one from the guardian, that we ask licence to follow reproduce. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cuneiform records 2012 trumpeter and composer wadada leo smith s ten freedom summers is four and a half hours of music, spread over four compact discs. Ten freedom summers defining moments in the history of the united states of america. May 03, 20 the trumpeter and composer wadada leo smith talked to the audience and took questions for a little while after performing the first third of his fiveandahalfhour work ten freedom summers. Jul 08, 2012 wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cuneiform records 2012 without doubt ten freedom summers is the crowning achievement of trumpeter wadada leo smith s distinguished career to date. The title track is a 1957 minor blues by stuff smith and dizzy gillespie marked by a wild bridge. It has everything you could ask for in statement album.
Spiritual dimensions by wadada leo smith, released 06 october 2009 1. This new major work is composed for the iconic civil rights hero rosa parks 192005 and performed by three vocalists, a doublequartet and a drummer. Drummers clatter behind him, their music held on the edge of orbit and then, afterwards, he pleads with the. Wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is first of all big.
He was one of three finalists for the 20 pulitzer prize for music for ten freedom summers, released on may 22, 2012. Ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith on amazon music. Pencil sketch of jazz band with female singer library. Wadada leo smith is a trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the field of creative music. These 19 compositions address the eras milestones between 1954 and 1964. John zorn in downbeat, marking the occasion of wadada leo smiths 70th birthday. Aug 30, 2012 all those descriptions of monumental make sense. Im sorry that you took my comments as having sexist undertones. Inspired by the august wilsons ten plays covering one century of the africanamerican experience in america, ten freedom summers is a four and a half hour monster, spread across four discs, and as explained on the mans website, a program for three evenings composed for his muchfamed golden quartet composed of, in addition to leo smith, pianist anthony davis, drummer pheeroan aklaff and. Listen free to wadada leo smith ten freedom summers dred scott. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers this album is something truly special. So, the unseen podcast is just one public voice of this conversation in which anyone can participate. His masterwork, ten freedom summers, an extended meditation on the civil rights eras struggles and gains between 1954 and 1964, has been recorded and. Review of wadada leo smith ten freedom summers bbc.
Spread out over four discs, ten freedom summers is based on the civil rights movement in the usa and wadada leo smith has been working on it on and off for over 30 years. With six shattering, resonating tamtam crashes, the band unfolded a glacial, majestic soundscape of aweinspiring gravitas. Ive imported all of them into my itunes library too. That photograph, archived in the library of congress, is used by american jazz and creative music composer, improvisor, and trumpeter wadada leo smith as the album cover for ten freedom summers, his landmark tribute to the american civil rights movement, which cuneiform released in 2012. Each of the works two sections gradually expands a simple rising motive, becoming harmonically richer by adding pitches related to the opening notes harmonic series. Jonny trunk releases ipad version of ems vcs3 synthesizer. It was released on may 5, 2012, by cuneiform records. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. Lots of freedom and stretchout room for the rhythm.
Sep 23, 2012 ishmael wadada leo smith bows his trumpet down into the mic as if in an act of prayer. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cd3 mp3 album. He seems ageless, not too far from the mophaired, mustachioed genius that came up in the bands of mongo santamaria, herbie mann, blue mitchell and, most. The only downside which is part of what makes it amazing at the same time is the length of the project. With his dry tone, extended use of silence and abrupt smears of color, smith is different than most trumpet players. The dirty dozen band featuring chuck d the title track from whats going on. Splectra is an elegant harp solo embellished by a subtle digital processing that highlights certain harmonics as they appear in the piece. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers 2012 steven wilson the raven that refused to sing and other stories 20. Cudis more universally relatable verse strengthens kanyes rant. Wadada leo smith spent nearly 35 years composing ten freedom summers, his massive tribute to the civil rights movement. Find the best clips, watch programmes, catch up on the news, and read the latest wadada leo smith interviews. A memorial, and fannie lou hamer and the mississippi freedom democratic party, 1964. May 29, 2012 for trumpetercomposer wadada leo smith, the fourcd ten freedom summers is one of his lifes defining works. His vision is uncompromising, his methods holistic and mystical.
He was one of three finalists for the 20 pulitzer prize for music for his album, ten freedom summers. Ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith, released 22 may 2012 1. He was exposed to the blues early on and the improvisational traditions of the delta blues as well as influences from around the world are into his work. Jonny trunk has released an ipad version of the vcs3 synthesizer, one of the first portable synthesizers to be developed. The word is out wadada leo smith is a national treasure and his new double album americas national parks is out now on cuneiform records wadada leo smith on the cover of the november 2016 issue of downbeat magazine legendary composer and trumpeter. As the lights dimmed, rapturous applause erupted only long enough for the downbeat of atmospheric piano. Brocks slashing attack at times acknowledges smith while lunds intricate workout is equally adventurous.
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