WADADA LEO SMITH — Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg : Celestial Weather

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Album · 2015

Tracklist

Malachi Favors Maghostut - A Monarch of Creative Music (Wadada Leo Smith)
01 Part I 07:15
02 Part II 09:49

Celestial Weather Suite (Wadada Leo Smith and John Lindberg)
03 Cyclone 05:27
04 Hurricane 07:20
05 Icy Fog 08:19
06 Typhoon 03:31
07 Tornado 09:20

Feathers and Earth (John Lindberg)
08 Part I 07:15
09 Part II 04:05

Total playing time 62:21

Line-up/Musicians

Wadada Leo Smith trumpet
John Lindberg double bass

About this release

TUM CD 046 (Finland)

Recorded at Sear Sound Studios in New York City on June 16, 2012

Thanks to snobb for the addition

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Finnish TUM label is a home for US giant trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith most significant European recordings,mostly all monumental by form and size (incl. some double-CD studio releases). Smith's most current music isn't easy accessible,but is uniquely deep and represents one of the best modern creative genres borders crossing jazz around.

Wadada's newest TUM release isn't another monumental work as we could expect though. "Celestial Weather" is a collection of bare-naked minimalist duets with Smith' regular acoustic bassist John Lindberg, all duo's originals.

Divided to three parts, "Celestial Weather" demonstrates another side of Wadada - with same bassist he plays for decades Wadada feels very comfortable on almost chamber pre-composed pieces and very free-improvisational songs.

Recorded just by trumpeter and double bassist duo,this album is surprisingly filled with music. Sounds are clear and often quite ascetic,but it is not an album where nothing happens or where silence is a big part of recorded sound. It is quite different from Smith more bombastic works and probably not every fan of Great Lakes Suites or Ten Freedom Summers will like "Celestial Weather", but in on its own way this new release is a really important example of Wadada's creative legacy.

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