Red Sulphur Sky
2001 studio album by Wadada Leo Smith
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| Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | April 14, 2001 | |||
| Studio | Killzone Music, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 52:28 | |||
| Label | Tzadik | |||
| Producer | Wadada Leo Smith & Harumi Makino Smith | |||
| Wadada Leo Smith chronology | ||||
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Red Sulphur Sky is a solo album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith which was recorded in 2001 and released on Tzadik Records.[1][2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
| Tom Hull | B+[5] |
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek notes "Smith offers an album full of warmth and humor that is genuinely accessible."[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "This is a devastatingly beautiful recital, calling on all of Smith's technique as well as his wonderfully poetic musical personality."[4]
Track listing
- All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith
- "Red Sulphur Sky" - 6:12
- "Evening Glow a Shining Outward" - 4:36
- "The Medicine Wheel" - 20:34
- "Afmie: Purity and Poverty" - 21:06
Personnel
- Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn
References
- ^ Red Sulphur Sky at Wadada Leo Smith
- ^ "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Wadada Leo Smith - Red Sulphur Sky: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1362. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.
- ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
albums
- Creative Music - 1 (1971)
- Divine Love (1978)
- Solo Music: Ahkreanvention (1979)
- Budding of a Rose (1979)
- Spirit Catcher (1979)
- Human Rights (1982)
- Procession of the Great Ancestry (1983)
- Rastafari (1983)
- Kulture Jazz (1992)
- Tao-Njia (1995)
- Golden Hearts Remembrance (1997)
- Prataksis (1997)
- Light Upon Light (released 1999)
- Reflectativity (2000)
- Golden Quartet (2000)
- Lake Biwa (2000-2004)
- Red Sulphur Sky (2001)
- The Year of the Elephant (2002)
- Luminous Axis (2002)
- Snakish (2005)
- Compassion (2002)
- Wisdom in Time (2006)
- Dark Lady of the Sonnets (2007)
- America (2008)
- Abbey Road Quartet (2008)
- Heart's Reflections (released 2011)
- Ancestors (2011)
- Occupy the World (2012)
- Sonic Rivers (2013)
- Red Hill (2014)
- The Great Lakes Suites (2012)
- Celestial Weather (2012)
- Najwa (2014)
- Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (2014 & 2015)
- A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke (2015)
- Sacred Ceremonies (2015 & 2016)
- America's National Parks (2016)
albums
- Reflectativity (1974)
- Song of Humanity (1976)
- The Mass on the World (1978)
- Touch the Earth (1979)
- Go in Numbers (1980)
- If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells (1981)
- The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer (1986)
- Condor, Autumn Wind (1997)
- Organic Resonance (2003)
- Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace (2003)
- Tabligh (2005)
- Spiritual Dimensions (2008 & 2009)
- Ten Freedom Summers (2011)
- June 6th 2013 (2013)
- Kabell Years: 1971–1979
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