Wadada Leo Smith & Harumi Makino Smith - Condor, Autumn Wind (1998)

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Artist: Wadada Leo Smith & Harumi Makino Smith
Title: Condor, Autumn Wind
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Wobbly Rail [WOB-001]
Genre: Jazz, Free Improvisation
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 72:06
Total Size: 321 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. Hummingbirds Harvesting Nectar from the Birds of Paradise Plants (Smith) - 7:51
02. East: Illumination: Eagle: Yellow (Smith) - 6:39
03. Emmeya (Smith) - 6:22
04. Special Rider Blues (For Kashala) (James) - 7:30
05. Sonicboltz Wave (Smith) - 4:51
06. Condor (For Dizzy Gillespie) (Smith) - 10:15
07. Sunrise and Moonbows (For Marion Brown) (Smith) - 3:19
08. Shah Ni'matullah Wali (Smith) - 7:26
09. Song of Humanity (Smith) - 8:10
10. Albert Ayler (Smith) - 9:43

personnel :

Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flute, seal horn, mbira, voice
Harumi Makino Smith - poetry (English-Japanese)

As the '90s drew to a close, Wadada Leo Smith was still out there performing solo concerts, although not with the kind of elaborate percussion set-up that marked his solo activity in the '70s. Still a genius in his control of silence and space, Smith has a fatter trumpet sound than ever. He makes the most out of the passages when he decides to let rip, then brings the audience down to sounds at the level of water dripping. An intentionally ear-shattering piece on some kind of loud siren shows his willingness to confront the audience, while the many passages of quiet invention and the gently spoken poetry of Harumi Smith assure us that the pat on the back we deserve is also ours for the taking.~Eugene Chadbourne

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