Pacific Light and Water/ Wu Xing - Cycle of Destruction

Smith, Wadada Leo/ Barry Schrader
Ex Machina
Jazz | Feb 2020

Reviews

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-03-06
Reviewed: 2020—02-20
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: one long track of spacey modern jazz from one of the elders
If You Like: Enrico Rava, Don Cherry
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Pacific Light and Water/ Wu Xing – Cycle of Destruction (19:21) – cymbals start> slow tempo jam> pause> slow quiet space jam builds in volume & intensity> pause> sounds like being on the ocean morphs into slow space jam> fade> pause> slow quiet space jam> fade> pause> slow quiet jam slowly builds in volume & intensity into cataclysmic midtempo jam> quick stop

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Charting

2022-02-26 — 2022-04-30 Jazz
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Track listing

1. Pacific Light and Water/ Wu Xing - Cycle of Destruction