Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet - The Chicago Symphonies [4CD Box Set] (2021)

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Artist: Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet
Title: The Chicago Symphonies
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: TUM Records [TUM BOX 004]
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 2:44:32
Total Size: 399 mb / 935 mb
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A fantastic package from trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith – one that's billed as "symphonies" in the title, but which instead features quartet jazz performances throughout – as you've maybe guessed by the name of the group! There's maybe a more compositional structure here than on some of Smith's other recent albums, but there's also plenty of improvisation too – served up by a fantastic group that features Henry Threadgill on alto and flute, John Lindberg on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums – with saxophonist Jonathon Haffner stepping in for Threadgill on one of the four CDs in the package! Each longer piece has a slightly different vibe – and together, the music is a stunning statement of the continuing genius of Leo Smith in recent years – a masterful statement of his importance in jazz, but also a personal message that's filled with urgent intensity. Titles include "Gold Symphony", "Diamond Symphony", "Pearl Symphony", and "Sapphire Symphony".

:: TRACKLIST ::

CD1 - Gold Symphony - No.1 (39:48)
1. Movement 1. Light Fields And Circles: Amina Claudine Myers; Voices - 9:34
2. Movement 2. Joyful, Sound And The Numbers; People: The Art Ensemble Of Chicago - 9:27
3. Movement 3. Pastoral: Joseph Jarman; As If It Were The Seasons Of Seasons; Sherry Scott, Voice; Thurman Barker, Charles Clark And Christopher Gaddy
4. Movement 4. Creative Music; West End Blues And The Sonic Weather Bird: Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Lil Hardin And Baby Dodds - 7:17
5. Movement 5. Star-Fields: The Secretary, John S. Jackson - 2:44

CD2 - Diamond Symphony - No.2 (36:38)
1. Movement 1. The Rare Air Songs In Sonic Forms And Metrical Folding: Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall And Fred Hopkins - 12:13
2. Movement 2. Chicago: Culture, Creativity And The Artistic Passion; A Profile Of The Next Generations - 6:51
3. Movement 3. Muhal Richard Abrams: Levels And Degrees Of The Light Spectrums; A New Culture: The Association For The Advancement Of Creative Musicians - 10:26
4. Movement 4. Jack DeJohnette: A Special Edition, New Directions And The Sonic Rhythm Units - 7:08

CD3 - Pearl Symphony - No.3 (38:45)
1. Movement 1. For Alto; In The Orchestra: N-M488; Anthony Braxton: Operas - 10:48
2. Movement 2. Leroy Jenkins Mixed Quintet Sonics: Dance Opera - 3:05
3. Movement 3. Heliocentric Sun Ra's Energy And Particles Of Light - 7:00
4. Movement 4. Jupiter Skies: Kelan Phil Cohran And The Chicago Kulture - 11:07
5. Movement 5. Scented Yellow And Red Chrysanthemums; Wadada Leo Smith: The Bell In Silence And Ten Freedom Summers - 6:45

CD4 - Sapphire Symphony - No.4 (49:13)
1. Movement 1. Araham Lincoln, The 16th President Of The United States Of America - 6:02
2. Movement 2. Abraham Lincoln At Gettysburg: Two Seven Two, 1863 - 11:18
3. Movement 3. The Visionaries, Abraham Lincoln And Barack Hussein Obama - 10:44
4. Movement 4. Barack Hussein Obama At Selma: The Bridge Of Transformation - 15:06
5. Movement 5. Barack Hussein Obama, The 44th President Of The United States Of America - 6:03

Musicians:
Trumpet, Composed By – Wadada Leo Smith
Alto Saxophone, Flute, Bass Flute – Henry Threadgill (1-1 to 3-5)
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jonathon Haffner (4-1 to 4-5)
Double Bass – John Lindberg
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Flugelhorn – Wadada Leo Smith (1-1 to 1-5)

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