Wadada Leo Smith – Luminous Axis (Caravans Of Winter And Summer)

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Tracklist

	An Electronic Sonic Garden Of Delights And Transformations Events 1-15
1	Garden Of The Heart	5:20
2	Perfect Essence	0:33
3	Radiant Light Gushing From The Sun	2:37
4	Night Splendor, A Certain Moon Flow	1:25
5	Tango	0:45
6	Beauty	0:15
7	Fountain (Immortality)	4:28
8	Garden Of The Soul	3:50
9	Apples, Dates And Pomegranates	1:27
10	Light, Ginger, Olives And Musk	2:35
11	Harp: A Gleaming Sama	2:17
12	Fountain (Lore)	5:08
13	Camphor	3:52
14	Caravans Of Winter And Summer	15:15
15	The Traveler	4:58

Composed By [All Music Composed By] – Wadada Leo Smith
Computer, Electronics [Computer Driven Electronics] – Chris Brown (2) (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 11, 12), Ikue Mori (tracks: 13 to 15), John Bischoff (tracks: 1 to 7, 10, 12), Mark Trayle (tracks: 1 to 7, 10, 12), Tim Perkis (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 11, 12)
Design – Heung-Heung Chin
Executive-Producer – John Zorn
Executive-Producer [Associate Producer] – Kazunori Sugiyama
Flugelhorn – Wadada Leo Smith (tracks: 8)
Mastered By – Scott Hull (2)
Percussion, Timpani, Bass Drum [Bass Drums], Gong [Gongs], Cymbal [Cymbals], Bells – William Winant (tracks: 1 to 8)
Photography By [Photos By] – Harumi Makino Smith
Producer – Wadada Leo Smith
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jamie Saft (tracks: 13 to 15), Philip Perkins (tracks: 1 to 12)
Score [Music Score: Ankhrasmation Symbolic Language for Blade Form] – Wadada Leo Smith
Trumpet [Trumpet With Electronics], Electronics – Wadada Leo Smith (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 15)

Tracks 1-12 recorded and mixed August 18, 2002 at Mills College, Oakland
Tracks 13-15 recorded and mixed August 8, 2002 at Frank Booth, Brooklyn

Stephen_Kipper Jul 17, 2020
My impression. You're in the deep dark forest. It's nighttime. Strange creatures are whistling, buzzing, chirping, thumping, vibrating and occasionally cacophonating all around you. Overlaid and often in counterpoint to this sometimes frightening soundscape is Wadada's high-pitched and/or muted trumpet. I find his horn comforting.

This is by far the most 'electronic' music I've heard from him. Fans of Wadada and electronic improv will be pleased.