Lake Biwa (album)

Lake Biwa
Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith
Released November 2004
Recorded Avatar Studios, New York City
Genre Avant-garde jazz
Length 69:34
Label Tzadik TZ 8008
Producer Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Organic Resonance
(2003)		 Lake Biwa
(2004)		 Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace
(2004)

Lake Biwa is an album by trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith released on John Zorn's Tzadik label in 2004.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review states: "Lake Biwa is a delight, and is full of invention. The players here perform the work's written and improvised sections with a determined sense of attack that also includes warmth, humor, and the desire for collective discovery".[2] Writing for All About Jazz, Kurt Gottschalk commented "Over four pieces ranging from 10 to 25 minutes, the ensemble truly is an orchestra. When called upon to step forward, the voices of Ribot and Zorn especially are unmistakable. But the rest of the time, the group breathes together like an orchestra rather than a session group group reading charts. The compositions themselves are both serious and exciting and violinist Jennifer Choi (a regular performer of Zorn's compositions) especially shines".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith

  1. "Lake Biwa; A Fullmoon Purewater Gold" - 11:14
  2. "Sinai's Enclosed Garden of the Truth" - 23:50
  3. "Diamondback Serpent in a House Full of Water and Still Rising" - 16:00
  4. "Africana World" - 18:30

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Tzadik catalogue, accessed May 27, 2015
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Lake Biwa – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ Gottshalk, K., All About Jazz Review, May 28, 2006.
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