Mar 15, 20 trumpetercomposer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is the work of a lifetime by one of jazzs true visionaries, a kaleidoscopic, spiritually charged opus inspired by the struggle for. Download ten dom summers wadada leo smith files tradownload. He was one of three finalists for the 20 pulitzer prize for music for his album, ten freedom summers. Check out ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith on amazon music. The work centres around the ten years between the us supreme courts 1954 decision to end segregation in schools and the civil rights act of 1964, and is formed of three collections. Smith manages the trick of being free and expressive but within a controlled framework, occasionally manifest as tunes and themes, into which.
Music profile for wadada leo smith, born 18 december 1941. The trumpeter and composer wadada leo smith talked to the audience and took questions for a little while after performing the first third of. Trumpetercomposer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is the work of a lifetime by one of jazzs true visionaries, a kaleidoscopic, spiritually charged opus inspired by the struggle for africanamerican freedom and equality before the law. Cycle of destruction, lebroba, ishmael wadada leo smith. Without doubt ten freedom summers is the crowning achievement of trumpeter wadada leo smith s distinguished career to date. He was one of three finalists for the 20 pulitzer prize for music for ten freedom summers, released on may 22, 2012. Ten freedom summers is a fourdisc box set by american trumpeter and composer wadada leo smith. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. Wadada leo smith is releasing ten freedom summers, a 21 part work based on the american civil rights movement. Ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith album, third. Here you can find ten dom summers wadada leo smith shared files. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
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Spread out over four discs, ten freedom summers is based on the civil rights movement in the usa and wadada leo smith has been working on it on and off for over 30 years. Joining smith is allstar lineup with michael gregory jackson, henry kaiser, brandon ross and lamar smith on guitar, bill laswell on electric bass, pheeroan. Lebroba, a cosmic rhythm with each stroke, wisdom in time, twine forest, the blue mountains sun drummer, singles. Listen sign in to view listen count about the album dred scott. Ishmael wadada leo smith born december 18, 1941 is an american trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the fields of avantgarde jazz and free improvisation. In four and a half hours, wadada leo smith writes one of americas defining events in sound, and the story is all of ours. He was born december 18, 1941, in leland, mississippi.
Wadada leo smith to release ten freedom summers the wire. An epic journey performed over the course of three concerts, creative music luminary wadada leo smith s major new opus, commission and performed by southwest chamber music, draws upon and interprets key events in the history of the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1964. These 19 compositions address the eras milestones between 1954 and 1964. If it werent for the fact that the prolific 70yearold trumpeter shows absolutely no sign of slowing down, it would be tempting to call it the work of. Albums include a cosmic rhythm with each stroke, ten freedom summers, and masada anniversary edition vol.
Ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith album, third stream. Board of education a dream of equal education, 1954. Trumpetercomposer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is the work of a lifetime by one of jazzs true visionaries, a kaleidoscopic, spiritually charged opus inspired by the struggle for. May 03, 20 the trumpeter and composer wadada leo smith talked to the audience and took questions for a little while after performing the first third of his fiveandahalfhour work ten freedom summers. Ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith 45775035024 cd. Download wadada leo smith ten freedom summers 2012 mediafire rapidshare download on zippyshare me from 658 mb, wadada leo smith ten freedom summers 4cd 2012 free download from 646 mb free from tradownload. Ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith on amazon music. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. And even if i think this is one of the albums that you should buy this year, and even if i think that few musicians have spent as much time, and effort in an album as wadada leo smith did with this one, i hesitated a long time to give. Ishmael wadada leo smith is an american trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the fields of avantgarde jazz and free improvisation. Inspired by the august wilsons ten plays covering one century of the africanamerican experience in america, ten freedom summers is a four and a half hour monster, spread across four discs, and as explained on the mans website, a program for three evenings composed for his muchfamed golden quartet composed of, in addition to leo smith, pianist anthony davis, drummer pheeroan aklaff and. Rather than taking ten decades, i took ten freedom summers.
Wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers, a monumental jazz work. Jun 23, 2012 by stef regular readers know that it is extremely difficult for me not to give a fivestar rating to wadada leo smith, as i did with six of his previous albums. About the album najwa is the title track from composer and trumpeter wadada leo smith s new album najwa. He started out playing drums, mellophone and french horn before he settled on the trumpet. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers 2012 101 dred scott 1857. About the album najwa is the title track from composer and trumpeter wadada leo smiths new album najwa. Wadada leo smiths golden quartet ten freedom summers november 1, 2014 onassis cultural center athens, greece. It was released on may 5, 2012, by cuneiform records.
Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cuneiform records 2012 trumpeter and composer wadada leo smith s ten freedom summers is four and a half hours of music, spread over four compact discs. With his dry tone, extended use of silence and abrupt smears of color, smith is different than most trumpet players. Wadada leo smith is a trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the field of creative music. It features performances by his golden quartetquintet and a small chamber ensemble, including anthony davis, john lindberg, pheeroan aklaaf, susie ibarra and others. Joining smith is allstar lineup with michael gregory jackson, henry kaiser, brandon ross and lamar smith on guitar, bill laswell on electric bass, pheeroan aklaff on drums, and adam rudolph on percussion.
Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cuneiform records 2012 trumpeter and composer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is four and a half hours of music, spread over four compact discs. Avantgarde jazz, free improvisation, ecm style jazz. Ten freedom summers by wadada leo smith, released 22 may 2012 1. Buy mp3 music online wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cd2.
Listen free to wadada leo smith ten freedom summers dred scott. Triumphant and mournful, visceral and philosophical, searching, scathing and relentlessly humane. Avantgarde jazz free jazz jazz instrument trumpet jazz modern creative modern free. Trumpeter composer wadada leo smiths ten freedom summers is the work of a. By stef regular readers know that it is extremely difficult for me not to give a fivestar rating to wadada leo smith, as i did with six of his previous albums. His masterwork, ten freedom summers, an extended meditation on the civil rights eras struggles and gains between 1954 and 1964, has been recorded and subsequently performed all over the world.
Ishmael wadada leo smith is a trumpetplayer, multiinstrumentalist, composer and improviser. Review of wadada leo smith ten freedom summers bbc. Spiritual dimensions by wadada leo smith, released 06 october 2009 1. His early musical life began in the high school concert and marching bands where he played drums, mellophone and french horn before he settled on the trumpet.
Without doubt ten freedom summers is the crowning achievement of trumpeter wadada leo smiths distinguished career to date. He was exposed to the blues early on and the improvisational traditions of the delta blues as well as influences from around the world are into his work. Active in creative contemporary music for more than forty years, trumpeter and multiinstrumentalist, composer and improviser, wadada leo smith is one of the most vital musicians on the planet today, says bill shoemaker in coda magazine. Ten freedom summers, by wadada leo smith cuneiform records. Ten freedom summers speaks like a great civic monument. His early musical life began in the high school concert and marching bands where he played drums, mellophone and. Wadada leo smith ten freedom summers cd2 mp3 album. Ten freedom summers truly deserves to be described as an epic work. His musical life commenced in high school, where he played in concert and marching bands. Free jazz, contemporary jazz wadada leo smith ten freedom summers 2012, cd discogs.
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