''Condor, Autumn Wind'' is a live album by American jazz trumpeter

Wadada Leo Smith Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (born December 18, 1941) is an American trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the field of creative music. He was one of three finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for ''Ten Freedom Summers'', released on ...

recorded with Harumi Makino Smith. The album is dedicated to Sarhanna, Kashala and Lamar, in special memory of

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

Critical reception

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'' noted "Condor, Autumn Wind, recorded live in Durham, shows the potential of the emerging Mid-Atlantic concert circuit for avant garde jazz and improvised music. A lot of improvisers talk vaguely about creating a space in which the music can be spawned and received, but Wadada Leo Smith pursues and achieves this goal with a unique, focused discipline on the mostly solo Condor, Autumn Wind. Throughout the program, Smith’s trumpet solos have an episodic quality, where the overall shape of the piece is altered with each boldly shaped phrase. At strategic points in the program, he complements his palette with voice, mbira, percussion, wood flute, and bike horn-like seal-horn. On three pieces, Harumi Makino Smith’s poetry (read both in English and Japanese) provides an evocative counterpoint. In all, Condor, Autumn Wind is a winding journey with many intriguing stops."

Track listing

Personnel

Band *Wadada Leo Smith – cover art, flugelhorn, flute, horn, maracas mbira, producer, siren, trumpet, vocals, voices *Harumi Makino Smith – cover art, performer, poetry Production *Mirla del Rosario – artwork, layout design *Robert Frenz – photography *Mac McCaughan – design, executive producer *Dan McCleary – layout design *Brian Paulson – engineer *Kashala Smith – illustrations *Chris Stamey – mastering

References

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