{"id":2581,"date":"2011-07-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomajazz.com\/web\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2016-05-21T20:31:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T18:31:30","slug":"wadada-leo-smiths-organic-hearts-reflections-cuneiform-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wadada-leo-smiths-organic-hearts-reflections-cuneiform-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Wadada Leo Smith&#8217;s Organic: Heart&#8217;s Reflections (Cuneiform, 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ojzw2yGCSqY\/ThRJmUUkxHI\/AAAAAAAADFY\/xdhFKTQW91A\/s1600\/wadada-leo-smith-organic_heart-s-reflections.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ojzw2yGCSqY\/ThRJmUUkxHI\/AAAAAAAADFY\/xdhFKTQW91A\/s200\/wadada-leo-smith-organic_heart-s-reflections.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<b>Wadada Leo Smith<\/b> ya hab\u00eda mostrado parte del potencial de su nueva formaci\u00f3n <b>Organic <\/b>en 2009 en el segundo CD que compon\u00eda <i><a href=\"http:\/\/bun.tomajazz.com\/2009\/11\/wadada-leo-smith-spiritual-dimension.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spiritual Dimension<\/a><\/i>. Transcurridos dos a\u00f1os publica <i>Heart\u2019s Reflection<\/i>. Nuevamente es un doble CD en Cuneiform, aunque en esta ocasi\u00f3n aparece interpretado todo \u00e9l por <b>Organic<\/b>. Una formaci\u00f3n que en esta ocasi\u00f3n aparece formada por catorce miembros, cinco m\u00e1s que en la anterior grabaci\u00f3n. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Heart\u2019s Reflection<\/i> incluye \u00fanicamente cinco temas. Estos est\u00e1n dedicados a <b>Don Cherry<\/b>, a la escritora <b>Toni Morrison<\/b>, a <b>Leroy Jenkins<\/b> y al l\u00edder espiritual sufi <b>Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al Shadhili<\/b>. Los dedicados a los tres primeros tienen duraciones que van de los diez a los veinte minutos, mientras que el \u00faltimo es una larga suite dividida en once partes que ocupa m\u00e1s de una hora de la grabaci\u00f3n. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tal y como ocurr\u00eda en <b>Spiritual Dimension<\/b>, o en <b>Yo Miles!<\/b> (su proyecto con el guitarrista <b>Henry Kaiser<\/b>), aparece el esp\u00edritu de la etapa el\u00e9ctrica de <b>Miles Davis<\/b>. Esto es especialmente notable en \u201cDon Cherry\u2019s Electric Sonic Garden\u201d (que abre el CD), y tambi\u00e9n en algunas de las partes que componen la suite (aunque en el CD no aparece dividida como tal) \u201cLeroy Jenkin\u2019s Air Steps\u201d. Sin embargo la del trompetista no es la \u00fanica influencia. En concreto \u201cToni Morrison: The Black Hole (Sagitarius A*), Conscience and Epic Memory\u201d muestra un car\u00e1cter abstracto, m\u00e1s centrado en la creaci\u00f3n de ambientes que en las melod\u00edas, a pesar de que en un determinado momento hay unas notas que aparecen brevemente, anunciando con antelaci\u00f3n su presencia en el siguiente tema, \u201cLeroy Jenkins&#8230;\u201d. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>La larga duraci\u00f3n de los temas permiten que los m\u00fasicos se explayen en unos extensos solos, que en m\u00e1s de un momento son colectivos, en los que aparecen referencias al <i>funk<\/i>, al <i>rock<\/i>, al <i>hard-bop<\/i> o incluso a m\u00fasicas de distintos lugares del Mundo. A pesar de la gran cantidad de instrumentistas, la m\u00fasica en ning\u00fan momento suena abigarrada. La distribuci\u00f3n del sonido es clara. En un plano se sit\u00faan los solos, mientras que en otro nivel el resto de los m\u00fasicos tejen un colch\u00f3n en el que lo que importa es la masa sonora, por encima de los arreglos. El resultado final es otra gran grabaci\u00f3n de <b>Wadada Leo Smith<\/b>, en la que adem\u00e1s del l\u00edder destacan los cuatro guitarristas (<b>Michael Gregory<\/b>, <b>Brandon Ross<\/b>, <b>Josh Gerowitz<\/b>, <b>Lamar Smith<\/b>), la pianista <b>Angelica Sanchez<\/b>, el contrabajista <b>John Lindberg<\/b> y el baterista <b>Pheeroan akLaaf<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a9 Pachi Tapiz, 2011<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"more\"><\/a>Wadada Leo Smith&#8217;s Organic: <i>Heart&#8217;s Reflections<\/i><\/p>\n<div>Wadada Leo Smith (trompeta, trompeta el\u00e9ctrica), Michael Gregory (guitarra), Pheeroan akLaff (bater\u00eda), Brandon Ross (guitarra), John Lindberg (contrabajo), Sk\u00fali Sverrisson (bajo el\u00e9ctrico, bajo de seis cuerdas), Angelica Sanchez (piano, piano el\u00e9ctrico <i>Wurlitzer<\/i>), Josh Gerowitz (guitarra), Lamar Smith (guitarra), Stephanie Smith (viol\u00edn), Casey Anderson (saxo alto), Casey Butler (saxo tenor), Mark Trayle (<i>laptop<\/i>), Charle Burgin (<i>laptop<\/i>)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00abDon Cherry&#8217;s Electric Sonic Garden (for Don Cherry)\u00bb <\/div>\n<div>\u00abHeart&#8217;s Reflections: Splendors of Light and Purification (for Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili)\u00bb: \u00abThe Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Part I, II\u00bb, \u00abThe Majestic Way\u00bb, \u00abThe Shaykh, as far as Humaythira\u00bb, \u00abSpiritual Wayfarers\u00bb, \u00abCertainty\u00bb, \u00abRitual Purity and Love, Part I, Part II\u00bb, \u00abSilsila\u00bb, \u00abThe Well: From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Part I, Part II\u00bb<\/div>\n<div>\u00abToni Morrison: The Black Hole (Sagitarius A*), Conscience and Epic Memory (for Toni Morrison)\u00bb, \u00abLeroy Jenkin&#8217;s Air Steps (for Leroy Jenkins)\u00bb<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Grabado y mezclado en Firehouse 12 Recording Studio, New Haven, Connecticut. Publicado en 2011 por Cuneiform Records. Rune 330\/331. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuneiformrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.cuneiformrecords.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wadada Leo Smith ya hab\u00eda mostrado parte del potencial de su nueva formaci\u00f3n Organic en 2009 en el segundo CD que compon\u00eda Spiritual Dimension. Transcurridos dos a\u00f1os publica Heart\u2019s Reflection. Nuevamente es un doble CD en Cuneiform, aunque en esta ocasi\u00f3n aparece interpretado todo \u00e9l por Organic. Una formaci\u00f3n que<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wadada-leo-smiths-organic-hearts-reflections-cuneiform-2011\/\">Contin\u00faa leyendo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16099,77,16100],"class_list":["entry","author-pachi","post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-toma-jazz","tag-tomajazz","tag-tomajazz-toma-jazz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9440,"url":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/angelica-sanchez-wadada-leo-smith-twine-forest-clean-feed-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":2581,"position":0},"title":"Angelica Sanchez, Wadada Leo Smith: Twine Forest (Clean Feed, 2013)","author":"Tomajazz","date":"26 noviembre, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"La pianista Angelica Sanchez ha colaborado durante los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os en distintos proyectos y grabaciones del trompetista Wadada Leo Smith: The Golden Quartet y Organic (Heart's Reflection, Cuneiform, 2011). 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