Wadada Leo Smith
Kabell Years: 1971-1979 (4CD)
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From 1971-1979 Wadada Leo Smith released four albums on his own, privately pressed label Kabell. Under the supervision of the composer, this material has now been collected, remastered and coupled with over two hours of unreleased bonus tracks, including the second set of the influential Reflectativity concert and the legendary Mapenzi solo concert from 1976. Complete with a twenty-eight page booklet featuring session photos and tributes from musical associates such as George Lewis, Alvin Singleton, Larry Ochs, Anthony Davis, Bobby Naughton, Henry Kaiser and John Zorn, this is an essential collection from the peak period of one of Creative Music's most important composer/performers.
Format
Disc One: "Creative Music — 1" ( 1972 )
tracks 1-6 recorded December 18-19, 1971, originally released as [r566400]
tracks 7-10 recorded at Mapenzi, Oakland, CA, 1976, never before released
Disc Two: "Reflectativity" ( 1975 )
tracks 1-5 recorded at the Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT, November 22, 1974
tracks 1, 2 originally released as [r3262737]
tracks 3-5 never before released
Disc Three: "Song Of Humanity" ( 1977 )
tracks 1-6 recorded at The Gallery, New Haven, CT, August 4, 1976, originally released as [r593154]
track 7 recorded at WKCR FM, NYC, February 16, 1975, never before released
Disc Four: "Ahkreanvention" ( 1979 )
tracks 1-4 recorded at The Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1979
tracks 1-3 originally released on [r9523440]
tracks 5-7 recorded at Mapenzi, Oakland, CA,1976
tracks 4-7 never before released
Restoration and mastering at Hit Factoring Mastering, NYC
Includes a twenty-eight page booklet featuring session photos, liner notes and full discographical info
This set represents the complete Kabell recordings except for two tracks on Ghanain flute ( "Sarhanna" and "Kashala" ) from
Kabell 4 ( Ahkreanvention ) omitted at Wadada's request. ( from booklet back cover )
Release notes
Disc One: "Creative Music — 1" ( 1972 ) tracks 1-6 recorded December 18-19, 1971, originally released as [r566400] tracks 7-10 recorded at Mapenzi, Oakland, CA, 1976, never before released Disc Two: "Reflectativity" ( 1975 ) tracks 1-5 recorded at the Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT, November 22, 1974 tracks 1, 2 originally released as [r3262737] tracks 3-5 never before released Disc Three: "Song Of Humanity" ( 1977 ) tracks 1-6 recorded at The Gallery, New Haven, CT, August 4,…
| Creative Music — 1 | |||
| 1-1 | Nine (9) Stones On A Mountain | 5:29 | |
| 1-2 | Improvisation No. 4 | 7:16 | |
| 1-3 | Creative Music — 1 | 11:54 | |
| 1-4 | Afmie — Poem (Solo) Dance 3 | 13:12 | |
| 1-5 | Ogotommeli: Dogon Sage | 8:14 | |
| 1-6 | Ep — 1 | 3:01 | |
| 1-7 | Ngoma: Gravity And Lightwaves | 8:44 | |
| 1-8 | Seeds | 4:19 | |
| 1-9 | Zekr | 4:10 | |
| 1-10 | Until The Fire | 11:28 | |
| Reflectativity | |||
| 2-1 | Reflectativity | 22:24 | |
| 2-2 | T Wmukl - D | 18:47 | |
| 2-3 | North American Stomp | 6:55 | |
| 2-4 | Visions | 17:35 | |
| 2-5 | Transcendental Suite | 10:07 | |
| Song Of Humanity | |||
| 3-1 | Song Of Humanity | 5:13 | |
| 3-2 | Lexicon | 7:40 | |
| 3-3 | Peacocks, Gazelles, Dogwood Trees & Six Silver Coins | 8:30 | |
| 3-4 | Of Blues And Dreams | 11:03 | |
| 3-5 | Pneuma | 1:34 | |
| 3-6 | Tempio | 6:59 | |
| 3-7 | Play Ebony Play Ivory | 27:12 | |
| Ahkreanvention | |||
| 4-1 | Life Sequence 1 | 12:34 | |
| 4-2 | Love Is A Rare Beauty: Movements 1–5 | 18:25 | |
| 4-3 | Aura | 2:57 | |
| 4-4 | Ankrasmation | 20:04 | |
| 4-5 | Atoke | 3:24 | |
| 4-6 | Fana | 7:10 | |
| 4-7 | The Zebra Goes Wild | 10:44 | |
- Wes Brown
- Bass (2-1 to 2-5, 3-1 to 3-7), Producer (3-1 to 3-6)
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Composed By (1-1 to 3-1, 3-3, 3-5 to 4-7), Producer, Trumpet, Flute, Percussion, Bells, Harmonica
- Chippy
- Design
- Heung-Heung Chin
- Design
- Pheeroan Aklaff
- Drums, Percussion (3-1 to 3-7)
- Wayne Peet
- Edited By, Technician [Noise Reduction] (1-7 to 1-10, 3-7, 4-5 to 4-7)
- New Dalta Ahkri
- Ensemble (2-1 to 3-7)
- John Zorn
- Executive-Producer, Liner Notes
- Kazunori Sugiyama
- Executive-Producer [Associate Producer]
- Anthony Davis
- Liner Notes, Piano (2-1 to 2-5, 3-1 to 3-7), Producer (3-1 to 3-6)
- Bobby Naughton
- Liner Notes
- George Lewis
- Liner Notes
- Henry Kaiser
- Liner Notes
- Larry Ochs
- Liner Notes
- Don Vangordon
- Mastered By (3-1 to 3-6)
- T.J. Sokira
- Mastered By (1-1 to 1-6, 2-1 to 2-5)
- Bill Smith
- Photography By
- Eugene Chadbourne
- Photography By
- Kathleen Sinclair
- Photography By
- Kwame Shaw
- Photography By
- Barri Scott
- Recorded By (1-7 to 1-10, 4-5 to 4-7)
- Doug Clark
- Recorded By (3-1 to 3-6)
- Gerry Hemingway
- Recorded By (2-1 to 2-5)
- Peter Crawford
- Recorded By (2-1 to 2-5)
- Peter Solak
- Recorded By (3-1 to 3-6)
- Nathan James
- Restoration, Mastered By
- Scott Hull
- Restoration, Mastered By
- Oliver Lake
- Saxophone, Flute (3-1 to 3-7)
