Spiritual Dimensions, by Wadada Leo Smith

Spiritual Dimensions

by Wadada Leo Smith

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Rudy Carrera See here: amiscellany.info/2019/07/01/music-wadada-leo-smith-spiritual-dimensions/ Favorite track: Al-Shadhili’s Litany of the Sea: Sunrise.

radiofan Vielleicht eine seiner besten Produktionen überhaupt. Aber wer vermag das zu sagen. Unglaublicher Musiker und unbedingt anhören !!! Favorite track: Angela Davis.

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	1.	Al-Shadhili’s Litany of the Sea: Sunrise 12:59
	2.	Pacifica 05:49
	3.	Umar at the Dome of the Rock, parts 1 & 2 14:55
	4.	Crossing Sirat 06:22
	5.	South Central L.A. Kulture [Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quintet] 15:42
	6.	South Central L.A. Kulture [Wadada Leo Smith's Organic] 12:37
	7.	Angela Davis 19:23
	8.	Organic 18:09
	9.	Joy : Spiritual Fire : Joy 13:34

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"...a welcome reminder of Smith's continued importance in the continuum of creative improvised music."
– All About Jazz

"...not only as inventive and adventurous as he was when he was a younger player, but his creativity and ability to direct a band into new territory is actually farther reaching than ever before. This is brilliant work."
– All Music Guide

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released October 6, 2009

Spiritual Dimensions is a double album that features two very special groups, both filled with truly great and legendary musicians! Both discs were recorded live to capture the energy and spirit that Smith's shows have.

The first album is by his Golden Quintet. This disc is a modern/avant jazz release that has some distinctive electric touches and features many of the hallmarks of Wadada's work; space, depth, melody and abstraction:
Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet
Vijay Iyer – piano, synthesizer
John Lindberg – bass
Pheeroan AkLaff – drums
Don Moye – drums

The second album is the first-ever release of Wadada's Organic group and is a completely different creature. It's a fully electric, four guitar, creative, bad-ass beast with slinky grooves, but the same hallmarks run through this set as well:
Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet
Nels Cline – guitar
Michael Gregory – guitar
Brandon Ross – guitar
Lamar Smith – guitar
Okkyung Lee – cello
John Lindberg – double bass
Skuli Sverrisson – electric bass
Pheeroan AkLaff – drums

The easiest comparison between the albums can be drawn by listening to the two different versions of the composition South Central L.A. Kulture, which appears at the last track by the Golden Quintet and as the first track by Organic; its inclusion here in two versions is a good example of how Smith’s compositions can mutate to embrace new settings.

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