One of two albums marking trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's 80th birthday, and showing his creative and technical skills still in peak form, here in a trio for the first time uniting independent collaborators, pianist & keyboardist Vijay Iyer and drummer Jack DeJohnette, in compositions from each of the performers plus one collective improvisation.
Label: Tum Catalog ID: TUM 60 Squidco Product Code: 31012
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2021 Country: Finland Packaging: Digipack - 3 panel Recorded at Avatar Studios, in Manhattan, New York, on November 22nd, 2016, by Robert Musso.
3. The A.D. Opera: A Long Vision With Imagination, Creativity And Fire, A Dance Opera (For Anthony Davis) 18:11
4. Song For World Forgiveness 13:50
5. Rocket 4:29
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"A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday brings Wadada Leo Smith, Jack DeJohnette and Vijay Iyer together for the first time in this meeting of creative giants. Smith first met and played with DeJohnette in the late 1960s and the two have collaborated with increasing frequency since DeJohnette participated in the first recording of Smith's Golden Quartet more than two decades ago. Smith's and Iyer's first collaboration also goes back almost two decades. This recording marks the first time these three unique artists have participated in the same project and the first time DeJohnette and Iyer have played together."-Tum"