Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - The Year Of The Elephant Album

Tracklist

1	III) Blue Fire
2	The Year Of The Elephant	9:19
3	Al-madinah	10:01
4	Piru	10:51
5	Miles Star In 3 Parts	(14:17)
6	I-II) Star / Seed
7	Kangaroo's Hollow	7:06
8	The Zamzam Well A Stream Of A Pure Light	8:56

Credits

• Bass – Malachi Favors Maghostut
• Drums, Synthesizer – Jack DeJohnette
• Engineer [Mixing] – Tom Erbe
• Engineer [Recording] – Scott Petito
• Executive-Producer – Seth Rosner
• Piano, Synthesizer – Anthony Davis
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Producer, Composed By – Wadada Leo Smith

Notes

Recorded 18, 19 April 2002 at MRS Recording Studio, Catskill, NY.

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Companies

• Recorded At – NRS Recording Studio
• Mixed At – California Institute Of The Arts
• Mastered At – California Institute Of The Arts

Short intro

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith moves from Tzadik to the upstart Pi label for the second release with his Golden Quartet, again featuring Anthony Davis on piano, Malachi Maghostut Favors on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. This measured, thoughtful music doesn't fit neatly into the avant-garde category, although its harmonic language is often open-ended and mildly dissonant. Альбом 2002 Песен: 6. Unfortunately, the station stopped broadcasting. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. You can leave your e-mail and we will let you know when the broadcast of the station will be online album from AACM trumpet star Smith and his Golden Quartet some thirty years in. Peter Marsh 2002. Like many of his Chicagoan colleagues, Wadada Leo Smith's work has stretched way beyond 'jazz' to include compositions for string quartet, studies of ethnic musics and free improvisation. As a trumpeter and composer, he's been responsible for some pretty amazing and sometimes undervalued music, from his 70s work with Anthony Braxton to the spiritual classic Divine Love and his Yo Miles project with guitarist Henry Kaiser, which paid homage to Miles Davis' elec. Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn Anthony Davis - piano Malachi Favors Magoustous - bass Jack Dejohnette - drums These four instrumental giants comprised the original Golden Quartet. read more. Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet is an electro-acoustic ensemble that is experimenting with creative music. The quartet form is the purest foundation of musical expression both in Wes read more. The quartet form is the purest foundation of musical expression both in Western mus. Trumpetercomposer Wadada Leo Smith put out a CD entitled Yo Miles a couple of years back, so his debt to the Dark Prince, Miles Davis, is no secret. On this, The Year of the Elephant, his second CD with his Golden Quartet, Mile's influence, especially the sound of the late sixties through late seventies, pervades. In a pared down way. Miles at that time was expanding his pallet. Gutars, bass clarinet, two drummers, sitars, tablas. Smith has simplified things: Trumpetbasspianodrum. Smith's horn work is very Miles-like,the wounded, open horn cry, the plaintive and introspective mu. Trumpeter, composer, and 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music finalist, Wadada Leo Smith is a boldly original figure in American jazz and one of the great Quartet. Wadada Leo Smith - Golden Quartet 2000. To favorites 1 Download album. Listen album. Avant-Garde Contemporary Jazz. Wadada Leo Smith. Songs in album Wadada Leo Smith - Golden Quartet 2000. Wadada Leo Smith - Harumi. Wadada Leo Smith - DeJohnette. Wadada Leo Smith - Celestial Sky And All The Magic. Wadada Leo Smith - The Healer's Voyage On The Sacred River. Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Their previous album, Golden Quartet, was recorded before the band had ever played out live together. The time in-between the two recordings has given the group the opportunity to perform live and immerse themselves further in Wadadas very personal and unique music. The Year of the Elephant captures the sound of the band in a way their first recording did not. The time spent with each person of the Golden Quartet has forged a bond between him and Wadada that invests some of the quieter moments of the CD with an intimacy rarely heard today. The band now truly sounds greater than the individual parts. by Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet. supported by. Includes unlimited streaming of The Year of The Elephant via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ships out within 5 days. Purchasable with gift card