a r t i s t : Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
t i t l e : Tabligh
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Cuneiform
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Oct/2008
t r a c k s : 04
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 86,7 MB
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This is the third album by WadadaÆs all-star Golden Quartet,
which features:
Wadada Leo Smith û trumpet
Vijay Iyer û piano, Fender Rhodes & synthesizer
John Lindberg û bass
Shannon Jackson û drums
Recorded live, the sound on Tabligh veers from a sound akin to
early electric jazz ala "In A Silent Way" and especially 'the
lost quintet' of Miles in late 1969/early 1970, to both more
sparse and modern jazz fare, all of it informed by the
distinctive personalities of these four players and their
leader's musical concepts.
Wadada Leo Smith is a well-respected trumpeter and composer
working in avant-garde jazz and improvisation. He was an early
member of ChicagoÆs legendary AACM, joining in 1967 and
co-founded the Creative Construction Company, a trio with
Leroy Jenkins and Anthony Braxton in the late 60s. In 1971
Smith formed his own label, Kabell, for whom he recorded a
number of albums considered classics of their kind. He is
currently a professor of Music at the California Institute of
the Arts, and is the director of the MFA program in African
American Improvisation. Smith has studied a variety of music
cultures (African, Japanese, Indonesian, European and
American) and has developed a music theory, and a notation
system to fully express this music which he calls
"Ankhrasmation". He has been a major force in contemporary
jazz for over 40 years and performs frequently throughout the
world. We first worked with Wadada when we released the two
"Yo Miles" albums, of which he was co-leader, and we both
enjoyed working together so much that we decided to work
together again on one of his own works.
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01-Rosa Parks [16:14]
02-DeJohnette [13:58]
03-Caravan Of Winter [08:42]
04-Tabligh [24:35]
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63:29 min