Light Upon Light (album)
| Light Upon Light | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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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
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| Source | Rating |
| 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
- "Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees" - 15:33
- "Hetep: Serenity: Tranquility 2" - 8:05
- "Multiamerica" - 10:27
- "Nur: Luminous, Light Upon Light" - 14:01
- "A Thousand Cranes: A Memorial for Amir Hamzehi" - 4:11
Personnel
- Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees
- Stephen "Lucky" Mosko - conductor
- Dorothy Stone - piccolo flute, alto flute
- Martin Walker - clarinet, bass clarinet
- Arthur Jarvinen - vibraphone, Tibetan temple bells, hi-hat cymbale-sets, axatse, large bass drum
- Vicki Ray - piano
- Robin Lorentz - violin
- Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick - cello
- I. Nyoman Wenten - gender barung
- Joh Parsons - gender panembung
- I. Wayhan Budha - kempul, gong ageng
- Wadada Leo Smith - kenong
- Hetep Serenity Tranquility 2
- Karen Elaine Bakunin - viola
- Multiamerica
- Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
- Mark Trayle - electronics
- Harumi Makino Smith - poetry
- Nur Luminous, Light Upon Light
- David Rosenboom - conductor
- Bertram Turetzky - double bass
- Dorothy Stone - piccolo, alto flute
- Allen Vogel - oboe
- Bill Powell - clarinet, bass clarinet
- Arthur Jarvinen - marimba
- Vicki Ray - celesta
- Brian Pezzone - harmonium
- Robin Lorentz - violin
- Karen Elaine Bakunin - viola
- Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick - cello
- A Thousand Cranes A Memorial for Amir Hamzehi
- Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
- Mark Trayle - electronics
References
- ↑ Light Upon Light at Wadada Leo Smith
- 1 2 Layne, Joslyn. Wadada Leo Smith - Light Upon Light: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
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