Wadada Leo Smith
The Emerald Duets (5CD Box)
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Part of his 80th Anniversary celebration and subtitled "The Art Of The Trumpeter And Drummers", this 5-CD box set brings legendary improviser Wadada Leo Smith together with four long-time collaborators and masterful drummers--Andrew Cyrille, Jack DeJohnette, Pheeroan akLaff and Han Bennink--with Smith performing on both piano and trumpet. 5-CD BOX SET. Includes 60 pages booklet. The Emerald Duets is a crowning achievement among Wadada Leo Smith's many recorded duo collaborations with drummers/percussionists, that have previously featured such creative giants as Ed Blackwell, Jack DeJohnette, Milford Graves, Louis Moholo-Moholo among others. The Emerald Duets features four master drummers who have each, in their own unique fashion, contributed to the way modern drumming has developed in the past six decades and how it is now perceived. Pheeroan akLaff, Andrew Cyrille and Han Bennink are each featured on one disc and Jack DeJohnette on two discs, including Smith's five-part composition "Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains" that fills the fifth disc of this boxed set in its entirety.
The sessions with akLaff, Cyrille and DeJohnette mostly feature compositions by Wadada Leo Smith, including three very different versions of Smith's powerful statement for the protection of freedom and democracy, "The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional and a Force that Destroys Democracy.
Format
Disc 1 recorded by ... , at Sear Sound Studios in Manhattan, New York City, on December 3 & 4, 2019
Disc 2 recorded by ... , at Sear Sound Studios in Manhattan, New York City, on September 20 & 21, 2019
Disc 3 recorded by ... at Electric Monkey Studios in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on July 29, 2014
Discs 4 & 5 recorded by ... , at Sear Sound Studios in Manhattan, New York City, on January 9 & 10, 2020
Includes a 60 pages booklet (with a.o. a discography of Wadada Leo Smith' duo recordings with drummers and a selected discography with his other duos)
Release notes
Disc 1 recorded by ... , at Sear Sound Studios in Manhattan, New York City, on December 3 & 4, 2019 Disc 2 recorded by ... , at Sear Sound Studios in Manhattan, New York City, on September 20 & 21, 2019 Disc 3 recorded by ... at Electric Monkey Studios in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on July 29, 2014 Discs 4 & 5 recorded by ... , at Sear Sound Studios in Manhattan, New York City, on January 9 & 10, 2020 Includes a 60 pages booklet (with a.o. a discography of Wadada Leo Smith' duo recordings…
| Wadada Leo Smith & Pheeroan AkLaff | |||
| Litanies, Prayers And Meditations | |||
| 1-1 | The Prayer (For Keith Jarrett) | 13:31 | |
| 1-2 | First Meditation From The Heart: The Beauty, The Beloved | 12:03 | |
| 1-3 | The Uyghur In Xinjiang, China | 6:55 | |
| Rumi´s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression | |||
| 1-4 | Part I | 4:02 | |
| 1-5 | Part II | 1:05 | |
| 1-6 | Part III | 6:37 | |
| 1-7 | Part IV | 1:59 | |
| 1-8 | A Sonic Litany On Peace | 7:50 | |
| 1-9 | The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional And A Force That Destroys Democracy | 11:17 | |
| 1-10 | A Sonic Litany On Justice | 3:18 | |
| 1-11 | Second Meditation From The Heart: The Beloved, The Beauty | 6:21 | |
| Wadada Leo Smith & Andrew Cyrille | |||
| Havana, Cuba | |||
| 2-1 | The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional And A Force That Destroys Democracy | 10:48 | |
| 2-2 | Havana, The Maghrib Prayer And Reflections | 10:42 | |
| 2-3 | United States Representative Ilhan Omar | 3:52 | |
| 2-4 | Jeanne Lee: In A Jupiter Mood | 6:28 | |
| 2-5 | Donald Ayler: The Master Of The Sound And Energy Forms | 9:28 | |
| 2-6 | A Rainbow Sonic Ark For Tomasz Ludwik Stańko (1942-2018) | 6:38 | |
| 2-7 | Haiti, An Independent Nation In 1804 But Not Recognized By Britain, France, Germany, The United States And Others: A Designed Tragedy! | 6:42 | |
| 2-8 | Mongezi Feza | 10:58 | |
| Wadada Leo Smith & Han Bennink | |||
| Mysterious Sonic Fields | |||
| 3-1 | Chrysanthemum Flowers On A Mountaintop (For Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan And Mary Jackson) | 5:00 | |
| 3-2 | Largo: A Mysterious Love Sonic (For Shana, Robeson And Sarah) | 5:00 | |
| 3-3 | Louis Armstrong In New York City And Accra, Ghana | 8:49 | |
| 3-4 | Albert Einstein: Particles Of Light, A Study In Perception | 4:58 | |
| 3-5 | Ornette Coleman At The World´s Fair Of Science And Art In Fort Worth, Texas | 5:59 | |
| 3-6 | The Call - A Duet Between Joseph "King" Oliver And Jelly Roll Morton | 4:41 | |
| 3-7 | Light Garden In A Dream-Space, A Remembrance Of Shaba Of Ethiopia | 5:44 | |
| 3-8 | Han Bennink On Fifth Avenue, NYC | 5:15 | |
| 3-9 | Johnny Dyani, The Artist Who Imagined A New South Africa. A Celebration | 5:49 | |
| Wadada Leo Smith & Jack DeJohnette | |||
| Freedom Summer, The Legacy | |||
| 4-1 | Sandalwood And Sage | 5:08 | |
| 4-2 | Freedom Summer | 9:18 | |
| 4-3 | Meditation: A Sonic Circle Of Double Piano Resonances | 8:57 | |
| 4-4 | The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional And A Force That Destroys Democracy | 20:03 | |
| 4-5 | Silence, Quietness And Very Still | 9:52 | |
| Wadada Leo Smith & Jack DeJohnette | |||
| Paradise: The Gardens And Fountains | |||
| Paradise: The Gardens And Fountains | |||
| 5-1 | Part I The River Of Abundance | 8:32 | |
| 5-2 | Part II The Fountain Of Tasnim | 9:40 | |
| 5-3 | Part III The Supreme Fountain | 8:13 | |
| 5-4 | Part IV Exaltation And Musk | 9:18 | |
| 5-5 | Part V Pomegranates And Herbal Teas | 2:02 | |
- Carolus Enckell
- Artwork
- Juha Lökström
- Design
- Andrew Cyrille
- Drums (2-1 to 2-8)
- Jack DeJohnette
- Drums (4-1 to 5-5), Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] (4-1 to 4-5)
- Pheeroan akLaff
- Drums (1-1 to 1-11)
- Han Bennink
- Drums, Percussion (3-1 to 3-9)
- Owen Mulholland
- Engineer [Assistant] (1-1 to 2-8, 4-1 to 5-5)
- Vijay Iyer
- Liner Notes
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Liner Notes, Mixed By, Piano (1-1 to 1-11, 4-1 to 4-5), Trumpet
- Pauli Saastamoinen
- Mastered By
- Greg DiCrosta
- Mixed By
- Risto Hemmi
- Mixed By
- Jori Grönroos
- Photography By [Art work Photographed By]
- Enid Farber
- Photography By [Photographs By] (1-1 to 2-8, 4-1 to 5-5)
- Ton Mijs
- Photography By [Photographs By] (3-1 to 3-9)
- Petri Haussila
- Producer [Produced By]
- James A. Farber
- Recorded By (1-1 to 2-8, 4-1 to 5-5)
- Kasper Frenkel Frank
- Recorded By (3-1 to 3-9)
