Kulture Jazz

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Kulture Jazz is a solo album by the American trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith. He recorded it in October 1992, and it was released a year later on ECM. It was his second record for that label, after Divine Love from 1979. Smith stands completely alone in the studio. He plays trumpet, flugelhorn, koto, mbira, harmonica, a bamboo notched flute and percussion, and he also sings himself.

The reception was glowing. AllMusic reviewer Eugene Chadbourne felt that ECM does Smith better justice here than ever, and he praised how the record presents folk, blues, jazz and creative music as related forms. A reviewer for Jazz Desk compared the album to someone building his own house or boat or sewing his own clothes. The music is very personal and at times has an almost meditative quality.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Don't You Remember?3:44Apple Music ↗
2. 2Kulture of Jazz5:37Apple Music ↗
3. 3Song of Humanity (Kanto Pri Homaro)3:46Apple Music ↗
4. 4Fire-Sticks, Chrysanthemums and Moonlight (For Harumi)3:46Apple Music ↗
5. 5Seven Rings of Light In the Hola Trinity2:31Apple Music ↗
6. 6Louis Armstrong Counter-Pointing2:47Apple Music ↗
7. 7Albert Ayler In a Spiritual Light4:55Apple Music ↗
8. 8The Kemet Omega Reigns (For Billie Holiday)5:08Apple Music ↗
9. 9Love Supreme (For John Coltrane)4:01Apple Music ↗
10. 10Mississippi Delta Sunrise (For Bobbie)4:00Apple Music ↗
11. 11Mother: Sarah Brown-Smith-Wallace (1920-92)4:10Apple Music ↗
12. 12The Healer's Voyage On the Sacred River (For Ayl Kwel Armah)3:51Apple Music ↗
13. 13Uprising (For Jessie and Yvonne)5:11Apple Music ↗

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