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Tum Records

Music Perspective: The Context of Wadada Leo Smith’s 12 String Quartets

Wadada Leo Smith is among the most prolific composers of string quartets in the modern era, the only Black composer to have written so many, and one of the most adventurous writers of quartets in terms of his notation system and the distinctiveness of his musical language.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Ankhrasmation, RedKoral, RedKoral Quartet, Steve Elman, String Quartets, String Quartets Nos.1-12, TUM, Tum Records, Wadada Leo Smith

Classical Album Review: Wadada Leo Smith: String Quartets Nos. 1 – 12, played by the RedKoral Quartet and Guests

Over the past year, I’ve delved into the most significant body of work for string quartet ever written by a composer whose primary identity with the public is as a jazz musician. Here’s how to begin your own encounter with important facets of the work of an artist whose name you ought to know.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Ankhrasmation, RedKoral, RedKoral Quartet, Steve Elman, String Quartets, TUM, Tum Records, Wadada Leo Smith

Jazz Review and Appreciation: Wadada Leo Smith’s “The Chicago Symphonies”

If you are not familiar with Wadada Leo Smith as an artist or as a thinker, you could start with The Chicago Symphonies and know that you are engaging with some of his finest work.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Chicago Symphonies, Henry Threadgill, Jack DeJohnette, Jack DeJohnette and Muhal Richard Abrams, ohn Lindberg, Petri Haussila, Tum Records, Wadada Leo Smith

Jazz Album Review: “2 Blues for Cecil” — Beautifully Out of the Box

The trio shares Cecil Taylor’s love of rational freedom and adventure, but it doesn’t try to reproduce the pianist’s rip-roaring intensity.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: 2 Blues for Cecil, Andrew Cyrille, Enrico Rava, Michael Ullman, Tum Records, William Parker

Jazz CD Review: The OGJB Quartet — Skipping About Through Time

It is enormous fun to hear how this group of veterans try to think in new ways — as they do throughout this engaging release.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Barry Altschul, Graham Haynes, Joe Fonda, Oliver Lake, Steve Feeney, The OGJB quartet, Tum Records

Jazz CD Reviews: Wadada Leo Smith — Paying Superb Homage to Monk, and Other Heroes

That’s why Wadada Leo Smith’s musical visions are so miraculous: there’s an impression of drift, yet they rarely meander.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Najwa, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk, Tum Records, Wadada Leo Smith

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