Light Upon Light (album)

Light Upon Light
Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith
Released 1999
Recorded Capital Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CalArts Studio, Valencia, California
Genre Jazz
Length 52:17
Label Tzadik
Producer Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Condor, Autumn Wind (1998) Light Upon Light
(1999)
Reflectativity
(2000)

Light Upon Light is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith which was released in 1999 on the Tzadik Records' Composer Series. The album includes a composition for chamber ensemble and gamelan quartet, a solo piece for viola, a bass concerto written for Bert Turetzky and two electronic pieces.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states "Wadada Leo Smith's second recording for the Tzadik label, Light Upon Light, is more spacious and a little colder than his first, Tao-Njia."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith
  1. "Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees" - 15:33
  2. "Hetep: Serenity: Tranquility 2" - 8:05
  3. "Multiamerica" - 10:27
  4. "Nur: Luminous, Light Upon Light" - 14:01
  5. "A Thousand Cranes: A Memorial for Amir Hamzehi" - 4:11

Personnel

Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees
Hetep Serenity Tranquility 2
Multiamerica
Nur Luminous, Light Upon Light
A Thousand Cranes A Memorial for Amir Hamzehi

References

  1. Light Upon Light at Wadada Leo Smith
  2. 1 2 Layne, Joslyn. Wadada Leo Smith - Light Upon Light: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
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