AndrewHill Posted June 8, 2008 Report Posted June 8, 2008 Been downloading and burning the above links today. Fun stuff. FWIW, I received an email from John Litweiler telling me "The Art Ensemble of Chicago for the foreseeable future is a quartet of Leo Smith, trumpet ; Roscoe Mitchell, saxes; Jaribu Shadid, bass; Don Moye, percussion. I'd see/buy cd's from this lineup in a heartbeat Quote
stuartjewkes Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Got Year of the Elephant from eMusic this month and on first listen I'm quite impressed. I think it warrants some serious consideration. Quote
Clunky Posted February 2, 2012 Report Posted February 2, 2012 Brought this thread up to celebrate Wadada Leo Smith. His output over the past decade or so appears incredibly diverse. Despite my comments above (from 2005) I recently got and really enjoyed Heart's Reflections - Cunieform 2CD. Clearly comes from electric Miles but has it's own sound. Any one heard Tabligh by his more recent version of the Golden Quartet? Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 2, 2012 Report Posted February 2, 2012 Yes - IMHO Tabligh is absolutely wonderful...Ronald Shannon Jackson is on really fantastic form: as, it goes without saying, are Wadada and Lindberg. This band is also my favourite context for Iyer, FWIW...If you can find it, track down the La Huit documentary of this group's performance at the Banlieues Bleues a few years back...some taster clips on Youtube, if I remember right... Quote
gnhrtg Posted February 2, 2012 Report Posted February 2, 2012 ...If you can find it, track down the La Huit documentary of this group's performance at the Banlieues Bleues a few years back...some taster clips on Youtube, if I remember right... I caught a broadcast of this on Mezzo and I agree that it's well worth the time. So the album's as good? I will pick up a copy sometime then. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 3, 2012 Report Posted February 3, 2012 ...If you can find it, track down the La Huit documentary of this group's performance at the Banlieues Bleues a few years back...some taster clips on Youtube, if I remember right... I caught a broadcast of this on Mezzo and I agree that it's well worth the time. So the album's as good? I will pick up a copy sometime then. Well I wouldn't want to compare, but will definitely stand by my recommendation of Tabligh The latest incarnation of the Golden Quartet has Angelican Sanchez on piano, and Pheeroan AkLaff on drums...now *he* will sound spectacular in that band IMHO... Quote
Clunky Posted February 3, 2012 Report Posted February 3, 2012 Angelican Sanchez on piano I don't know her playing but Tabligh is on it's way so I can see how Iyer fits with Wadada Quote
JETman Posted February 3, 2012 Report Posted February 3, 2012 Angelican Sanchez on piano I don't know her playing but Tabligh is on it's way so I can see how Iyer fits with Wadada She's talented. She's also Mrs. Tony Malaby. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 3, 2012 Report Posted February 3, 2012 ...oops...I of course mean 'Angelica' not 'Angelican'! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 3, 2012 Report Posted February 3, 2012 Tabligh is probably my favorite Wadada recording of the past decade. Quote
Swinger Posted February 3, 2012 Report Posted February 3, 2012 I really love his playing. Haven't seen him live yet but will see him live here in Helsinki, Finland on Saturday February 18th. Can't wait until I can hear him playing with orchestra Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 4, 2012 Report Posted February 4, 2012 Wonderfully warm person and strong (in the best sense) player. One of my favorite humans. Quote
paul secor Posted February 4, 2012 Report Posted February 4, 2012 I've been looking over his record catalog and he's had a fair number of recordings come out -new releases and reissues - over the past decade - a good thing. Though he's still got a long way to go til he hits Braxton territory. Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 4, 2012 Report Posted February 4, 2012 I cherish the memory of a concert in Atlanta, probably around 1990 - Wadada Leo Smith, Leroy Jenkins, and composer Alvin Singleton improvised a long, beautiful piece. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 4, 2012 Report Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Wonderfully warm person and strong (in the best sense) player. One of my favorite humans. I had the privilege of working with Wadada for a week towards the end of last year, and want to echo this...he was extremely generous with time, advice etc. throughout, added to which, he was simply a great guy to spend time with...and of course, the recorded evidence speaks for itself - one of the *great* trumpet players. Edited February 4, 2012 by Alexander Hawkins Quote
AllenLowe Posted February 4, 2012 Report Posted February 4, 2012 many years ago when I lived in New Haven there was a yearly city jazz series that hired nothing but white bands for years - so I filed a Civil RIghts complaint with the city which, miraculously, went to a hearing - Leo was a co-respondent. We didn't really win, but after that year they started to integrate the fest. Wasn't great, but everybody was tired of the Jimmy Dorsey/Tommy Dorsey/Glenn Miller/ we-are-all-dead festival. Quote
jazztrain Posted February 4, 2012 Report Posted February 4, 2012 I remember seeing him and Marion Brown playing together in New Haven, somewhere in the 1976 or 1977 time frame. He was around the area occasionally in those days. many years ago when I lived in New Haven there was a yearly city jazz series that hired nothing but white bands for years - so I filed a Civil RIghts complaint with the city which, miraculously, went to a hearing - Leo was a co-respondent. We didn't really win, but after that year they started to integrate the fest. Wasn't great, but everybody was tired of the Jimmy Dorsey/Tommy Dorsey/Glenn Miller/ we-are-all-dead festival. Quote
gnhrtg Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 ...If you can find it, track down the La Huit documentary of this group's performance at the Banlieues Bleues a few years back...some taster clips on Youtube, if I remember right... I caught a broadcast of this on Mezzo and I agree that it's well worth the time. So the album's as good? I will pick up a copy sometime then. Well I wouldn't want to compare, but will definitely stand by my recommendation of Tabligh The latest incarnation of the Golden Quartet has Angelican Sanchez on piano, and Pheeroan AkLaff on drums...now *he* will sound spectacular in that band IMHO... Thank you, Alexander. I will pick up the album. I don't imagine I'll see that latest incarnation, or any other ensemble making music in this broad area, anytime soon in Singapore so albums are the only way to go for me. Quote
sonnyhill Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 A new recording is being released on Tum Records in the fall -- The Great Lakes Suites. The line up -- a quartet: Wadada Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, John Lindberg and Jack DeJohnette. It appears that it will be a double album. There is also a preview of a track from the album here. Quote
johnblitweiler Posted August 21, 2014 Report Posted August 21, 2014 A new recording is being released on Tum Records in the fall -- The Great Lakes Suites. The line up -- a quartet: Wadada Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, John Lindberg and Jack DeJohnette. It appears that it will be a double album. There is also a preview of a track from the album here. It's great. Be sure to hear Smith's other Tum CDs, too. Quote
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