Touch the Earth
1980 live album by Peter Kowald, Wadada Leo Smith, Günter Sommer
| Touch the Earth | ||||
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| Live album by Peter Kowald, Wadada Leo Smith, Günter Sommer | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | November 13 & 14, 1979 | |||
| Venue | Flöz, Berlin | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:47 | |||
| Label | FMP | |||
| Producer | Jost Gebers | |||
| Wadada Leo Smith chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [1] |
Touch the Earth is an album by a free jazz trio consisting of American trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, German bassist Peter Kowald and German drummer Günter Sommer, which was recorded live in 1979 and released on the German FMP label. It was reissued on CD in a compilation titled Touch the Earth—Break the Shells, with some tracks from If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells, another album by the same trio.[2][3]
Reception
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states about the Touch the Earth - Break the Shells reissue "This is music of the mind, certainly, but it is also from the body and the earth itself. This is free jazz that sings!."[4]
The JazzTimes review by John Murph says about the reissue "Both wild and peaceful, Touch The Earth-Break the Shells, is an invigorating post-Art Ensemble of Chicago experience."[5]
Track listing
- "Gebr. Loesch" (Sommer) – 4:15
- "Touch the Earth" (Kowald) – 12:50
- "Wind Song in a Dance of Unity" (Smith) – 4:09
- "In Light" (Smith) – 12:08
- "Ein Stück Über Dem Boden" (Kowald) – 3:51
- "Radepur im Februar" (Sommer) – 7:34
Personnel
- Peter Kowald – double bass
- Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn, african thumb piano
- Günter Sommer – drums, percussion, organ pipes
References
- ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Touch the Earth on FMP
- ^ "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. Peter Kowald – Touch the Earth - Break the Shells: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ Shanley, Mike Touch the Earth - Break the Shells 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
