Year of the Elephant, the

Smith, Wadada Leo Golden Quartet
Pi Recordings
Jazz | Nov 2002

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-01-11
Free jazz played out in slow, patient strides. Most tracks have a nice groove/riff base to them, with a meditative atmosphere to them. Great stuff.

1- Gentle flowing groove w/ bright trumpet exclamations.
2- Very slow, gentle
3- Mid/slow groove w/sparkly piano solo
4- Sparse and playful, no drums, featuring scattery piano-trumpet duet
5- Simple, attractive groove ("So What" inside-out).
6- Very nice 14-minute suite in three movements. Slow intro, then grand sweeping passage. Last 5 mins are an upbeat midtempo groove.

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2002-11-11 — 2003-01-13 Jazz
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Track listing

1. Al-Madinah
2. Piru
3. The Zamzam Well A Stream Of A Pure Light
4. Kangaroo's Hollow
5. The Year Of The Elephant
6. Miles Star In 3 Parts: I. Star, Ii. Seed, Iii. Blue Fire