Smith, Wadada Leo Golden Quartet / Tabligh
| Album: | Tabligh | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Smith, Wadada Leo Golden Quartet | Added: | May 2008 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-09-21 | Pull Date: | 2008-11-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 23 | Nov 16 | Nov 2 | Oct 19 | Oct 5 | Sep 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 01, 2011: | Music Casserole
Rosa Parks |
4. | Nov 26, 2008: | "In Your Ear ..." with David Bug, on this thanksgivings eve
Rosa Parks |
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| 2. | Jul 08, 2010: | Memory Select
Caravan Of Winter |
5. | Nov 21, 2008: | Memory Select
Tabligh [excerpt] |
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| 3. | Nov 10, 2009: | "In Your Ear ..." with Bug, and there it is now play the beat.
Caravan Of Winter |
6. | Nov 14, 2008: | Memory Select
Dejohnette |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-09-12
Reviewed 2008-09-12
Spacey free jazz led by Smith on trumpet and KZSU fave Vijay Iyer on piano. Each track gets into some good ferocious playing, but it's surrounded by restrained, thoughtful exploration. It's got a direct and jazzy sound, yet Iyer spins some gorgeously abstract piano lines (track 2 especially).
Check out the band -- three grizzled veterans, plus Vijay (kind of a testament to his playing level).
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
Vijay Iyer - piano
John Lindberg - bass
Shannon Jackson - drums
1- (16:14) Spacey, with gloopy electric piano. Slow start quickly bubbles into a nice jam.
2- (13:53) A swingy, bright composition for the trumpet, with great abstract piano from Iyer, flowing and quick. After a sparse, dark middle stretch, there's a punchy and hard-blowing jam.
3- (8:36) Slow and grand. Works into a fast little piano-trio jam, very nice.
4- (24:34) Floating, adrift, slow, with an interesting bass/piano dialogue. After 8 minutes, it splits into a fast jazzy attack, a little bit spacey, with some hard digging on drums and trumpet. Second half features big booming drums, with a sustained quiet zone around -6:00.
Check out the band -- three grizzled veterans, plus Vijay (kind of a testament to his playing level).
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
Vijay Iyer - piano
John Lindberg - bass
Shannon Jackson - drums
1- (16:14) Spacey, with gloopy electric piano. Slow start quickly bubbles into a nice jam.
2- (13:53) A swingy, bright composition for the trumpet, with great abstract piano from Iyer, flowing and quick. After a sparse, dark middle stretch, there's a punchy and hard-blowing jam.
3- (8:36) Slow and grand. Works into a fast little piano-trio jam, very nice.
4- (24:34) Floating, adrift, slow, with an interesting bass/piano dialogue. After 8 minutes, it splits into a fast jazzy attack, a little bit spacey, with some hard digging on drums and trumpet. Second half features big booming drums, with a sustained quiet zone around -6:00.
Track Listing
| 1. | Rosa Parks | 3. | Caravan Of Winter | |||
| 2. | Dejohnette | 4. | Tabligh |