Wadada Leo Smith - Lake Biwa - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Another Wave More Waves 2. Double Thunderbolt Memorial for Don Cherry Double Thunderbolt 3. Tao-Nija

Trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, improviser and theoretican, Wadada Leo Smith is one of the most improtant composers of our time. An original member of Chicago's AACM, his excitiing pieces blending composition and improvisation have been performed by many of the world's most important ensembles and soloists. Featuring an exotic composition for chamer ensemble and gamelan quartet, a beautiful solo piece for viola, a bass contions, Wadada considers Light Upon Light his best recording to date. Album Tracks 1. Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees - Californai Ear Unit/Stephen Lucky Mosko 2. Hete Serenity Tranquility 2 - Karen Elaine Bakunin 3. Multiamerica - Wadada Leo Smith/Mark Trayle/Harumi Makino Smith 4. Nur Luminous, Light Upon Light - New Century Players/Dave Rosenboom 5. A Thousand Cranes A Memorial for Amir Hamzehi - Wadada Leo Smith/Mark Trayle

Album Tracks 1. Parts 1,2 & 3 2. Red Trumpet, for Trumpet & Drums 3. John Brown's Fort, for Trumpet & Drums 4. Ed Blackwell, the Blue Mountain Sun Drummer, for Trumpet & Drums 5. Rabi'a's Unconditional Love, a Spiritual Mystery of the Heart, for Trum 6. The Masnavi The Falcon and the Owls, for Flugelhorn & Drums