Divine Love
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet/flugelhorn/steel-o-phone/gongs/percussion)
Dwight Andrews (alto flute/bass clarinet/tenor saxophone/triangles/mbira)
Bobby Naughton (vibraharp/marimba/bells), Charlie Haden (double bass)
Lester Bowie (trumpet), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet)
Awards:
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
A key entry in the Smith discography, cut in the preWadada days, Divine Love is an album that wears its title very well. It is one of the trumpeter’s most heartfelt and engrossing expressions...
Divine Love
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet/flugelhorn/steel-o-phone/gongs/percussion)
Dwight Andrews (alto flute/bass clarinet/tenor saxophone/triangles/mbira)
Bobby Naughton (vibraharp/marimba/bells), Charlie Haden (double bass)
Lester Bowie (trumpet), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet)
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Awards:
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
A key entry in the Smith discography, cut in the preWadada days, Divine Love is an album that wears its title very well. It is one of the trumpeter’s most heartfelt and engrossing expressions...
About
Recently described by Vijay Iyer as “one of the greatest recorded works of all time”, Wadada Leo Smith’s Divine Love counts as a classic by any definition. ”His sound has strong resemblances to that of Miles Davis,” wrote John Fordham in a five-star Guardian review, “but Smith has absorbed the approaches of all the bebop trumpet heroes and redeployed them within a bold, vital and often ritualistic setting.” The composition “Tastalun” features three outstanding trumpet players, as Lester Bowie and Kenny Wheeler join Smith, and Charlie Haden plays soulfully on “Spirituals: The Language of Love.” Recorded 1978.
Contents and tracklist
- Leo Smith (trumpet), Dwight Andrews (alto flute), Bobby Naughton (harp)
- Recorded: 1978-09-30
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Leo Smith (trumpet), Lester Bowie (trumpet), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet), Bobby Naughton (harp), Dwight Andrews (alto flute)
- Recorded: 1978-09-30
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Leo Smith (trumpet), Bobby Naughton (harp), Charlie Haden (double bass), Dwight Andrews (alto flute)
- Recorded: 1978-09-30
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Awards and reviews
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Penguin Guide to JazzCore Collection
April 2019
A key entry in the Smith discography, cut in the preWadada days, Divine Love is an album that wears its title very well. It is one of the trumpeter’s most heartfelt and engrossing expressions of humanity and compassion, channelled via sounds that build on his imagination and advanced empathy with the other members of the band... So, while the fluid, ethereal character of Smith’s composing is a major part of the appeal of this work, the gorgeous, luminous sound palette created by the players is also outstanding. Kevin Le Gendre