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Ten Freedom Summers

Album Review: Wadada Leo Smith’s “The Great Lakes Suites” — A Miraculous Freedom

Wadada Leo Smith’s latest album features a series of miraculous performances that give a new meaning to freedom: the sometimes lengthy and airily open improvisations take us on journeys but never seem to wander.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Henry Threadgill, Jack DeJohnette, John Lindberg, Ten Freedom Summers, The Great Lakes Suites, Wadada Leo Smith

Jazz CD Review: “Occupy The World” — Creatively Complicated Orchestral Music

Over five extended compositions, composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith leads a new large ensemble, TUMO, creating a challenging but engaging world of sound that combines composed elements with strong soloists and group improvisation.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Michael Ullman, Occupy the World, Ten Freedom Summers, Wadada Leo Smith

Jazz News: Thoughts on Wadada Leo Smith’s “Ten Freedom Summers” — Pulitzer Finalist in Composition

Ten Freedom Summers is a masterful, supple series of compositions that has the gravitas of a major work that also, from time to time, it swings dramatically.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Fuse News, Jazz, Music Tagged: Pulitzer Prize, Ten Freedom Summers, Wadada Leo Smith

Fuse Jazz CD Review: “Ten Freedom Summers” — Unconventional Swing

Wadada Leo Smith’s album contains avant-garde music with a human face, intimate and appealing and beautifully played by a band of virtuosos.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz Tagged: Ten Freedom Summers, Wadada Leo Smith

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