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| Procession of the Great Ancestry |
| Wadada Leo Smith |
| első megjelenés éve: 1983 |
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| (2009)
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| 4.731 Ft
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| 1. | Blues: Jah Jah Is the Perfect Love
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| 2. | Procession of the Great Ancestry
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| 3. | The Flower That Seeds the Earth
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| 4. | The Third World, Grainery of Pure Earth
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| 5. | Who Killed David Walker?
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| 6. | Celestial Sparks in the Sanctuary of Redemption
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| 7. | Nuru Light: The Prince of Peace
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Jazz / Avant-Garde, Modern Free, Free Jazz
Wadada Leo Smith - Kalimba, Trumpet, Vocals, Flugelhorn
Bobby Naughton Vibraphone
Chuck Nessa Producer
Joe Fonda Bass (Electric), Bass
John Powell Sax (Tenor)
Kahil El'Zabar Balafon, Percussion, Kalimba, Drums
Leo Smith Vocals, Flugelhorn, Kalimba, Trumpet
Louis Myers Guitar (Electric)
Michael Rasfeld Engineer
Recorded in 1983 in Nessa's Acme studio in Chicago, Procession of the Great Ancestry is among Wadada Leo Smith's most obscure, but ultimately most satisfying, recordings. Featuring Kahil El'Zabar, Louis Myers, Joe Fonda, John Powell, Mchaka Uba, and Bobby Naughton, this was the first album to showcase Smith's expansive vision, which included all forms of black music -- from the myriad languages of jazz to gutbucket blues, reggae, and various african folk musics as well as a Little r&b groove for measure. It was also the first to feature his wonderful vocals as a mainstay on his projects. Fans can think of this disc as Kulture Jazz, Vol. 1, with a band. The disc opens with "Blues: Jah Jah Is the Perfect Love," a deeply moving blues that is equal parts funky backbeat and Nigerian rhythm with a reggae groove. Smith sings with soul as the band weaves a magic spell around him. This is immediately followed by the title track, a gentle but very abstract piece written for Miles Davis that incorporates Davis' modal science and Smith's sense of space and dynamic. This is the first of four pieces for trumpeters; the next work, "The Flower That Seeds the Earth," is for Booker Little, and "The Third World, Grainery of Pure Earth" is for Roy Eldridge. Track six, "Celestial Sparks in the Sanctuary of Redemption," is for Dizzy Gillespie. All of these works are in the free jazz mode, but their gentleness is their attraction. Smith here is playing a poetic balladry for these men, while musically elucidating his cosmology -- the rhythm section is so attuned, so finely restrained and tasteful, Smith could sing it out if he wanted to, but instead he creates long melody lines that whisper to completion. The set closes with "Nuru Light: The Prince of Peace," a short processional in minor mode that has Naughton's vibraharp playing fills under the horn lines and through El'Zabar's brushed drums. After its deeply moving, sonorous theme, a pair of kalimbas and the vibraharp play a lullaby to balance the weight, taking it out with enough grace and elegance to make the listener nod in wonder before playing it again. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Wadada Leo Smith
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 18, 1941 in Leland, MS
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Avant-Garde, Modern Free, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz
A consistently adventurous trumpeter who has stuck to playing avant-garde jazz throughout his career, Leo Smith's dry, introverted style (which makes extensive use of space) is a strong contrast to the more jubilant flights of Lester Bowie. Smith originally played drums, mellophone, and French horn before settling on trumpet. He gained early experience performing in R&B groups and played in an Army band while serving in the military. By 1967, Leo Smith was a member of Chicago's AACM. He soon helped to found the Creative Construction Company, an innovative trio with violinist Leroy Jenkins and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton that toured Europe in the late '60s. Smith, who was involved in making the documentary film See the Music in 1970, formed the New Dalta Ahkri in New Haven, CT, an influential if under-documented band that at times included Henry Threadgill, Anthony Davis, and Oliver Lake. Smith studied ethnomusicology in the mid-'70s at Wesleyan, played with Braxton in 1976, and recorded with Derek Bailey's Company. He has also freelanced with his own diverse groups during the past several decades. After becoming a Rastafarian in the 1980s, he changed his name to Wadada Leo Smith. He began teaching at Cal Arts in 1993. Leo Smith, who founded the Kabell label in 1971, has also recorded for Freedom, Moers, ECM, Nesssa, FMP, Black Saint, Nessa, and Sackville in settings ranging from unaccompanied solos to a big band.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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