Album · 2022
Tracklist
Disc 1:
1. String Quartet No. 1 (1965-1982) - Movement 1, 'Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917-1995)'
2. String Quartet No. 1 (1965-1982) - Movement 2 'Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr. (1928- )'
3. String Quartet No. 1 (1965-1982) - Movement 3 'Hale Smith (1925-2009)'
4. String Quartet No. 1 (1965-1982) - Movement 4 'George Theophilus Walker (1922-2018)'
5. String Quartet No. 2 (1969-1980)
Disc 2:
1. String Quartet No. 3 'Black Church: A First World Gathering of the Spirit' (1995) - Movement 1,
2. String Quartet No. 3 'Black Church: A First World Gathering of the Spirit' (1995) - Movement 2,
3. String Quartet No. 4 (1987-2001) - Movement 1,
4. String Quartet No. 4 (1987-2001) - Movement 2,
5. String Quartet No. 4 (1987-2001) - Movement 3,
6. String Quartet No. 4 (1987-2001) - Movement 4,
7. String Quartet No. 4 (1987-2001) - Movement 5
Disc 3: 1. String Quartet No. 5 'In the Diaspora - Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions' (2005)
2. String Quartet No. 6 'Taif: Prayer in the Garden of the Hijaz' (2007)
3. String Quartet No. 7 'Ten Thousand Ceveus Peruvianus Amemevical' (2011)
Disc 4:
1. String Quartet No. 8 'Opuntia Humifusa' (2011)
2. String Quartet No. 9 (2001-2015) - Movement 1 - Ma Rainey
3. String Quartet No. 9 (2001-2015) - Movement 2 - Marian Anderson
4. String Quartet No. 10 'Angela Davis: Into the Morning Sunlight' (2007-2016)
Disc 5:
1. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 1 'Shaikh Cerno Boka'
2. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 2 'Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)'
3. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 3 'Sarah Bell Brown-Smith (1920-1994)'
4. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 4 'Kashala Kiom Smith'
5. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 5 'At the Heart's Core, Knowledge (For UCLA Music Library)'
Disc 6:
1. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 6 'Sarhanna Kabell Smith'
2. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 7 'Bessie Smith (1894-1937)'
3. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 8 'Alvin Singleton'
4. String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019) - Movement 9 'Red Autumn's Gold (For Lucius G. Smith)'
Disc 7:
1. String Quartet No. 12 (2016-2018) - Movement 1 'Billie Holiday (1915-1959)'
2. String Quartet No. 12 (2016-2018) - Movement 2 'Pacifica'
Line-up/Musicians
Wadada Leo Smith-trumpet, composer
Alison Bjorkedal-harp
Anthony Davis-piano
Lynn Vartan-percussion
Stuart Fox-guitar
Thomas Buckner-voice
About this release
Tum Records TUM 805 (Finland)
Recording Studios in Pasadena, California, on September 29th and October 1st and 2nd, 2015, and at Allegro Recording Studio in Burbank, California, on February 10th, 11th and 12th, 2020
Thanks to snobb for the addition