Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace
2004 live album by Wadada Leo Smith & Anthony Braxton
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| Live album by Wadada Leo Smith & Anthony Braxton | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | April 5, 2003 | |||
| Venue | Tonic, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 51:11 | |||
| Label | Pi Recordings | |||
| Producer | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
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Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace is the second album of a live duo performance by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and reedist Anthony Braxton, which was recorded in 2003 at New York's Tonic club and released on Pi Recordings.[1] This album, along with Organic Resonance, is the first recording dedicated entirely to Wadada and Braxton's duo music.[2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "A rhythm section is not needed for these two masterful musicians, who have played together on an infrequent basis since the late '60s, for they form their own themes, harmonies, and rhythms."[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz says "Widely admired on first release, these are curiously disappointing sets that never seem to find the two players on common ground."[4]
The All About Jazz review by Rex Butters says "Any project involving either of these two players is exhilarating and imaginative, but together in duet they pull aside the curtain to expose the wondrous machinations of the creative process."[5]
In a double review for JazzTimes Duck Baker notes that "There is enormous variety of feeling and approach not just from track to track but within each performance, though describing these things is challenging."[6]
Track listing
- "Composition No. 316" (Anthony Braxton) - 28:52
- "Satutn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace" (Wadada Leo Smith) - 13:21
- "Goshawk" (Wadada Leo Smith) - 8:58
Personnel
References
- ^ "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace at Wadada Leo Smith website
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Wadada Leo Smith - Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 1211. ISBN 0141023279.
- ^ Butters, Rex. Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace review at All About Jazz
- ^ Baker, Duck. Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace review at JazzTimes
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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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