wadada leo smith's organic

heart's reflections

2011 2cd usa cuneiform records rune 330/331

 

wadada leo smith's organic group
  wadada leo smith: trumpet
  michael gregory: electric guitars
  pheeroan aklaff: drums
  brandon ross: electric guitar
  john lindberg: acoustic bass, electric acoustic bass
  skúli sverrisson: electric bass
  angelica sanchez: acoustic piano, wurlitzer electric piano
  josh gerowitz: electric guitar
  lamar smith: electric guitar
  stephanie smith: violin
  casey anderson: alto saxophone
  casey butler: tenor saxophone
  mark trayle: laptop
  charlier burgin: laptop

all compositions by wadada leo smith

produced by michael gregory
executive producer: wadada leo smith

disc one

  1. don cherry's electric sonic garden (for don cherry)

     heart's reflections: splendors of light and purification  (for shaykh abu al-hasan al-shadhili)

  1. the dhikr of radiant hearts, part I
  2. the dhikr of radiant hearts, part II
  3. the majestic way
  4. the shaykh, as far as humaythira
  5. spiritual wayfarers
  6. certainty
  7. ritual purity and love, part I
  8. ritual purity and love, part II

disc two

     heart's reflections: splendors of light and purification  (for shaykh abu al-hasan al-shadhili)

  1. silsila
  2. the well: from bitter to fresh water, part I
  3. the well: from bitter to fresh water, part II

 

  1. toni morrison: the black hole (sagittarius a), conscience and epic memory (for toni morrison)
  2. leroy jenkins's air steps (for leroy jenkins)