Leo Smith

Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric - Fire Illuminations (2023)

Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric - Fire Illuminations (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 308 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 113 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:48:30
Avant-Garde Jazz, Fusion, Modern Creative, Jazz Rock | Label: Kabell Records

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith with Orange Wave Electric, an all-star electric band including guitarists Nels Cline, Brandon Ross and Lamar Smith; bassists Bill Laswell and Melvin Gibbs; electronic musician Hardedge; percussionist Mauro Refosco; and drummer Pheeroan akLaff.

Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith – Yo Miles! (1998)  Music

Posted by boogie-de at Dec. 6, 2013
Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith – Yo Miles! (1998)

Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith – Yo Miles! (1998)
XLD Flac+Cue+Log = 942 MB | Mp3 VBR0 = 316 MB | Scans 400 dpi jpg | RAR
2 CD | Shanachie 5046 | Jazz | USA

The only real downside of this record is its length. But everyone is ON, right on, and the energy is remarkable. For Kaiser fans this will be a revelation. He's channeling Cosey, McLaughlin, and Sharrock (each of whom shaped Miles's sound from this period), but also doing his own Kaiser-effects. And they don't sound out of place! Smith sounds much closer to Miles than I would have expected. This isn't a bad thing of course. The other players here are fantastic, too, especially the bass clarinetist Oluyemi Thomas. John Medeski, the ROVA quartet, Greg Goodman, and Nels Cline are also here. It's a fine group of musicians lovingly indulging in the many sounds of Miles's 1970–1975 performances.

Wadada Leo Smith - The Emerald Duets (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at July 5, 2022
Wadada Leo Smith - The Emerald Duets (2022)

Wadada Leo Smith - The Emerald Duets (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 1,37 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 650 Mb | 04:43:48
Avant-Garde Jazz | Label: TUM Records

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 and Gunter Sommer, 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.
Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser - Wind Crystals: Guitar Duets By Wadada Leo Smith (2019)

Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser - Wind Crystals: Guitar Duets By Wadada Leo Smith (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 356 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 174 Mb | Scans included | 01:13:22
Jazz, Free Jazz, Guitar | Label: Relative Pitch Records

Long-time collaborators, guitarists Henry Kaiser and Eugene Chadbourne perform the compositions of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, starting with their recording from 1977 of his "Wind Crystals", then improvising over 5 other Smith compositions, ending the album with an updated, 2017 version of "Wind Crystals"; an excellent refresh and retrospective from two incredible improvisers.

Wadada Leo Smith - Najwa (2017)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Dec. 15, 2017
Wadada Leo Smith - Najwa (2017)

Wadada Leo Smith - Najwa (2017)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 341.31 Mb | 56:13 | Cover
Avant-Garde Jazz, Fusion | Label: TUM Records - TUM CD 049

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's introductory liner notes to Najwa begin with Muddy Waters, so we'll begin there, too. Wadada Leo Smith was born in 1941, in Leland, Mississippi, around the time Alan Lomax showed up down in Clarksdale, Miss., to record—among many others—McKinley Morganfield, aka Muddy Waters. The Lomax field recordings of Waters and his band became the album Down On Stovall's Plantation (Universe Records, 1966). It was an all acoustic affair. Then, shortly after these tunes were recorded, Waters moved to Chicago, discovered the advantages of the electric guitar and plugged in, and lined up a relationship with Chess Records that changed American music.

Wadada Leo Smith - Kabell Years: 1971-1979 (2004)  Music

Posted by Rtax at June 24, 2022
Wadada Leo Smith - Kabell Years: 1971-1979 (2004)

Wadada Leo Smith - Kabell Years: 1971-1979 (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 683 MB
4:57:53 | Free Jazz, Free Improvisation | Label: Tzadik

From 1971-1979 Wadada Leo Smith released four albums on his own, privately pressed label Kabell. Under the supervision of the composer, this material has now been collected, remastered and coupled with over two hours of unreleased bonus tracks, including the second set of the influential Reflectativity concert and the legendary Mapenzi solo concert from 1976. Complete with a twenty-eight page booklet featuring session photos and tributes from musical associates such as George Lewis, Alvin Singleton, Larry Ochs, Anthony Davis, Bobby Naughton, Henry Kaiser and John Zorn, this is an essential collection from the peak period of one of Creative Music s most important composer/performers.

Wadada Leo Smith - String Quartets Nos. 1-12 (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Feb. 17, 2023
Wadada Leo Smith - String Quartets Nos. 1-12 (2022)

Wadada Leo Smith - String Quartets Nos. 1-12 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) - 1.6 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 777 MB
5:34:55 | Scans Included | Classical, Jazz | Label: TUM Records

(7-CD set) String Quartets Nos. 1-12 focus on Wadada Leo Smith as a composer for strings. Smith began work on his first string quartet in 1965 and has composed string quartets and other works for strings throughout his career. Smith has also featured strings on a number of his other major works, including Ten Freedom Summers in 2011, Occupy The World in 2012 (TUM CD 037-2) and Rosa Parks: Pure Love in 2016/17 (TUM CD 057).String Quartets Nos. 1-12 represent a magnificent addition not only to Smith's own recorded output but also to the literature for modern string quartet music in general.
Wadada Leo Smith & Adam Rudolph - Compassion (2006) [Meta-Kabell 010}

Wadada Leo Smith & Adam Rudolph - Compassion (2006) {Meta-Kabell 010}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 236 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 125 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 30 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2006 Meta Records / Kabell Records | 010
Jazz / Modern Creative / Post Bop / World Fusion / Trumpet / Percussion

Long-time occasional collaborators Wadada Leo Smith and Adam Rudolph perform improvised/composed duets from a 2002 performance live at Venice's Electric Lodge on Compassion, newly released on Rudolph's Meta Records. Both are masters of their mediums: Rudolph plays a variety of percussion instruments and at least one wind instrument to sonically shade, color, and texturize; Smith uses trumpet and flugelhorn in conventional and extended ways to complement him. With improvisers of this depth, the journey takes many unexpected turns, all rewarding.
Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myaers - Central Park's Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (2024)

Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myaers - Central Park's Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 115 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 84 Mb | 00:36:31
Avant-Garde Jazz, Spiritual Jazz | Label: Red Hook Records

The album "Central Park’s Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens" is a remarkable convergence of two kindred musical spirits -trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith and newly minted NEA Jazz Master pianist and organist Amina Claudine Myers. This extraordinary collaboration marks the master musicians’ first recorded collaboration, resulting in one of the most anticipated releases of the year. The album is a testament to the enduring power of artistic connection and the evolution of musical mastery.
Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myaers - Central Park's Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (2024)

Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myaers - Central Park's Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 115 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 84 Mb | 00:36:31
Avant-Garde Jazz, Spiritual Jazz | Label: Red Hook Records

The album "Central Park’s Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens" is a remarkable convergence of two kindred musical spirits -trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith and newly minted NEA Jazz Master pianist and organist Amina Claudine Myers. This extraordinary collaboration marks the master musicians’ first recorded collaboration, resulting in one of the most anticipated releases of the year. The album is a testament to the enduring power of artistic connection and the evolution of musical mastery.