Wadada Leo Smith
Tao-Njia (CD)
LabelTzadikGenreJazz & Improvisation
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2025 stock A breathtakingly beautiful document of new compositions from a founding member of Chicago's AACM and one of the world's most important contemporary creative musician/composers. Featuring his ensemble Nda-Kulture and the California E.A.R. Unit, Tao-Njia blends jazz, blues, poetry and the cultural traditions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Indonesia and America into lyrical and profoundly moving music.
Wadada Leo Smith-trumpter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser-has been active for over thirty years. With Leroy Jenkins and Anthony Braxton, he was a founder of the Creative Construction Company, and has recorded his own albums on ECM, Black Saint, Nessa, Sackville and other labels. His compositions have been performed by the AACM Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, Ursula Oppens, Marilyn Crispell, Da Capo Chamber Players and others.
Format
Tracks 1,8 recorded on 17 November 1995 at Capital Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 2 to 7 recorded on 14 December 1995 at CalArts Studio, Valencia, CA.
Track 1 dedicated to Lucius G. Smith and Toru Takemitsu.
Track 8 dedicated to Harumi Makino Smith.
The musicians on track 8 are collectively known as the California E.A.R. Unit and Guests.
Release notes
Tracks 1,8 recorded on 17 November 1995 at Capital Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA. Tracks 2 to 7 recorded on 14 December 1995 at CalArts Studio, Valencia, CA. Track 1 dedicated to Lucius G. Smith and Toru Takemitsu. Track 8 dedicated to Harumi Makino Smith. The musicians on track 8 are collectively known as the California E.A.R. Unit and Guests.
| 1 | Another Wave More Waves | 9:30 | |
| Double Thunderbolt: Memorial For Don Cherry | |||
| 2 | Double Thunderbolt From Elephantasy To The Inergy Of Cherryco | ||
| 3 | Symphony For Improvisers | ||
| 4 | Sun Lion's Dance | ||
| 5 | Six Whales, The Sea And A Big Sky Rainbow Sphinx | ||
| 6 | Symphony For Improvisers | ||
| 7 | A Falcon Ascends In A Moonbow Lightbeam | ||
| 8 | Tao-Njia | 21:16 | |
- John Zorn
- Executive-Producer
- David Newgarden
- Executive-Producer [Associate]
- Kazunori Sugiyama
- Executive-Producer [Associate]
- Allan Tucker
- Mastered By
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Producer, Composed By
- Leslie Ann Jones
- Recorded By (1, 8)
- Tom Erbe
- Recorded By, Mixed By (2 to 7)
