Person
Wadada Leo Smith
Albums
87
Members
17
Active
1941–present
Origin
United States
Biography
Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (born December 18, 1941) is an American trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation. He was one of three finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Ten Freedom Summers, released on May 22, 2012.
Discography
America's National Parks
Nessuno
Aspiration
Najwa
Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk
Burning Meditation
Lebroba
Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio of Seven Songs
To Be Surrounded by Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough
A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday
Sacred Ceremonies
Sun Beans Of Shimmering Light
Sun Beans Of Shimmering Light
Trumpet
Pacifica Koral Reef
Pacifica Koral Reef
String Quartets nos. 1–12
The Emerald Duets
Two Centuries
Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
Central Park's Mosaics Of Reservoir, Lake, Paths And Gardens
Angel Falls
Defiant Life
Murasaki
2004-03-27: Tonic, New York City, NY, USA
Creative Music - 1 (Six Solo Improvisations)
Golden Hearts Remembrance
Credits
Defiant Life
Chimaera
Two Centuries
Lebroba
A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
America's National Parks
Red Hill
Ten Freedom Summers
The Sweetness of the Water
Natural Affinities
Rastafari
Go In Numbers
Touch the Earth
Divine Love
Clarity
Creative Orchestra Music 1976
The Flam
The Complete Braxton
This Time...
B-X° / NO-I-47ᴬ
Comme à la radio
Funky Skull
Humility in the Light of Creator
3 Compositions of New Jazz
50⁸
America
Blues Forever
Burning Meditation
Central Park's Mosaics Of Reservoir, Lake, Paths And Gardens
Company 5
Creative Construction Company
Creative Construction Company Vol.II
Creative Improvisation Ensemble
Creative Music - 1 (Six Solo Improvisations)
Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978
Dét, Som Ikke Kan Kaldes Tilbage
Duets
Eclipse
For Players Only
Geechee Recollections
Geechee Recollections / Sweet Earth Flying
Heart's Reflections
Hemispheres
Kulture Jazz
Manhattan Cycles
Matthew Shipp's New Orbit
Metamorphosis
Murasaki
Orchestra (Paris) 1978
Pacifica Koral Reef
Porto Novo
Procession Of The Great Ancestry
Quartet (Paris) 1969
Quintet For A Day
Reflectativity
Silence
Silence / Time Zones
Sky Garden
Spirit Catcher
Straight To The Core