Kulture Jazz

Kulture Jazz
Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith
Released	1993
Recorded	October 1992
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:16
Label	ECM
Producer	Steve Lake
Leo Smith chronology
The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer (2010) Kulture Jazz (1992) Tao-Njia (1996)

Kulture Jazz is an album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Eugene Chadbourne states "The ECM folks do much better by Wadada Leo Smith than ever before with this solo recording, a true masterwork of its kind and one of the purest, most enlightening demonstrations of the connected natures of folk, blues, jazz, and creative music".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith

1. "Don't You Remember?" - 3:42
2. "Kulture of Jazz" - 5:33
3. "Song of Humanity (Kanto Pri Homaro)" - 3:36
4. "Fire-Sticks, Chrysanthemums and Moonlight (For Harumi)" - 3:42
5. "Seven Rings of Light in the Hola Trinity" - 2:26
6. "Louis Armstrong Counterpointing" - 2:43
7. "Albert Ayler in a Spiritual Light" - 4:44
8. "The Kemet Omega Reigns (For Billie Holiday)" - 5:02
9. "Love Supreme (For John Coltrane)" - 3:56
10. "Mississippi Delta Sunrise (For Bobbie)" - 3:55
11. "Mother: Sarah Brown-Smith-Wallace (1920-92)" - 4:06
12. "The Healer's Voyage on the Sacred River (For Ayl Kwel Armah)" - 3:46
13. "Uprising (For Jessie and Yvonne)" - 5:05

• Recorded at Hardstudios in Winterthur, Switzerland in October 1992

Personnel

• Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn, koto, mbira, harmonica, bamboo notch flute, percussion, vocals

References