Wadada Leo Smith – Najwa
Label: | TUM Records – TUM CD 049 |
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Format: | CD, Album |
Country: | Finland |
Released: | |
Genre: | Jazz |
Style: | Avant-garde Jazz, Fusion |
Tracklist
| 1 | Ornette Coleman´s Harmolodic Sonic Hierographic Forms: A Resonance Change In The Millennium | 16:22 | |
| 2 | Ohnedaruth John Coltrane: The Master Of Kosmic Music And His Spirituality In A Love Supreme | 14:00 | |
| 3 | Najwa | 3:31 | |
| 4 | Ronald Shannon Jackson: The Master Of Symphonic Drumming And Multi-Sonic Rhythms, Inscriptions Of A Rare Beauty | 11:49 | |
| 5 | The Empress, Lady Day: In A Rainbow Garden, With Yellow-Gold Hot Springs, Surrounded By Exotic Plants And Flowers | 10:01 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – MSR Studios
- Recorded At – Orange Music (5)
- Mixed At – Orange Music (5)
- Mastered At – Turtle Tone Studios
Credits
- Artwork – Max Salmi
- Design – Juha Lökström
- Drums – Pheeroan Aklaff
- Electric Bass – Bill Laswell
- Guitar – Brandon Ross, Henry Kaiser, Lamar Smith, Michael Gregory Jackson
- Liner Notes – Josef Woodard, Wadada Leo Smith
- Mastered By – Michael Fossenkemper
- Mixed By – Bill Laswell, James Dellatacoma
- Percussion – Adam Rudolph
- Photography By [Art work photographed by] – Jori Grönroos
- Photography By [PSession photographs and photograph of Lamar Smith] – R. I. Sutherland-Cohen
- Photography By [Photograph of Adam Rudolph] – Petri Haussila
- Photography By [Photographs By] – Jori Grönroos
- Producer [Produced By] – Petri Haussila
- Recorded By – Robert Musso
- Recorded By [Additional Recording By] – James Dellatacoma
- Recorded By [Assistant Engineer] – Dan Fyte
- Trumpet, Composed By [All Compositions By] – Wadada Leo Smith
Notes
Recorded at MSR Studios in New York City on March 6 and 7, 2014.
Additional recording at Orange Music Sound Studios in West Orange, New Jersey.
Mixed at Orange Music Sound Studios.
Mastered at Turtle Tone Studio in New York City.
Comes in three-fold digipack with glued-in, 40-page booklet featuring liner notes, credits, info on the artists, and band photos.
Additional recording at Orange Music Sound Studios in West Orange, New Jersey.
Mixed at Orange Music Sound Studios.
Mastered at Turtle Tone Studio in New York City.
Comes in three-fold digipack with glued-in, 40-page booklet featuring liner notes, credits, info on the artists, and band photos.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 6 430015 280496
Recommendations
Reviews
- This was my first listen to Leo Smith. I bought it on the strength of a review in a nytimes top ten of 2017 list. Wadada is a fine trumpeter, has his own sound and a beautiful tone. Najwa reminds me of the early 70s records of Miles like Big Fun Jack Johnson Bitches Brew etc. The first track I thought would have been better without the first 6 minutes of track but had started (instead) with the long atmospheric ending. The band on this album is fantastic, but sometimes the guitars and especially the drummer are kind of too busy. Adam Rudolph really added a lot by just adding a little whereas Pherroan Aklaff could have been less busy and little more um (soulful ?-not the right word but...), at times Pherroan sounds a liitle mechanical. While I definitely though the first six minutes or so of this album was out of place, the rest of the cuts could have gone a bit more. Great album and fantastic recording, I think this album should have a buzz going on with the listening public bu so far all I've seen in the top ten list in ny times. Anyway- really recommend.
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