Wisdom in Time
Wisdom in Time | ||||
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Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith, Günter Baby Sommer | ||||
Released | 2007 | |||
Recorded | May 22 & 23, 2006 | |||
Studio | Studio Klangdach, Guntershausen, Switzerland | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 65:20 | |||
Label | Intakt | |||
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Wisdom in Time is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and German drummer Günter Baby Sommer, which was recorded in 2006 and released on the Swiss Intakt label.[1]
Background
Wadada Leo Smith and Günter Baby Sommer first met at the "Flöz" in West Berlin in 1979. They played many concerts as a trio with bassist Peter Kowald and recorded the albums Touch the Earth and Break the Shells on the FMP label. Smith and Sommer were reunited at the 2005 Total Music Meeting in Berlin, accompanied by bassist Barre Phillips. In May 2006 they went on a tour of German cities with a final stop at the Taktlos Festival in Zürich. Then, the trumpeter and the drummer recorded Wisdom in Time in a Swiss studio. The piece "Bass-Star Hemispheres" is dedicated to Peter Kowald.[2]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
All About Jazz | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Smith's name is listed first, and the trumpet is usually the dominant voice, but it's Sommer’s delicately nuanced play that one listens to most intently on this wonderful record."[3]
The All About Jazz review by Eyal Hareuveni states "Sommer's orchestral and super delicate approach completes the serene spiritualism of Smith, and both demonstrate assured playing and compassionate and imaginative interplay. It is quite a departure from the dense and urgent textures they played with Kowald, but at the same time this is a heartfelt homage to the irreplaceable bassist."[4]
The Point of Departure review by Bill Shoemaker says "Both Smith and Sommer make instant reads; the music does not just coalesce as a result, but takes on an edge. It's impressive how they immediately dive into the deep end, and then, in mid-flight, make sudden, impeccably timed changes in direction."[5]
Track listing
- All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith & Günter Baby Sommer
- "A Sonic Voice Inclosed in the Wind" - 5:43
- "Tarantella Rusticana" - 6:58
- "Pure Stillness" - 5:39
- "Gassire's Lute" - 8:55
- "Woodland Trail to the Giants" - 8:08
- "Bass-Star Hemispheres" - 11:52
- "Rain Cycles" - 5:10
- "Old Times Roll - New Times Goal" - 5:27
- "A Silent Letter to Someone" - 7:28
Personnel
- Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics
- Günter Baby Sommer - drums, percussion
References
- ^ Wisdom in Time at Intakt
- ^ Original Liner Notes by Oliver Schwerdt
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1325. ISBN 0141034017.
- ^ a b Hareuveni, Eyal. Wisdom in Time review at All About Jazz
- ^ Shoemaker, Bill. Wisdom in Time review at Point of Departure
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albums
- Creative Music - 1 (1971)
- Divine Love (1978)
- Solo Music: Ahkreanvention (1979)
- Budding of a Rose (1979)
- Spirit Catcher (1979)
- Human Rights (1982)
- Procession of the Great Ancestry (1983)
- Rastafari (1983)
- Kulture Jazz (1992)
- Tao-Njia (1995)
- Golden Hearts Remembrance (1997)
- Prataksis (1997)
- Light Upon Light (released 1999)
- Reflectativity (2000)
- Golden Quartet (2000)
- Lake Biwa (2000-2004)
- Red Sulphur Sky (2001)
- The Year of the Elephant (2002)
- Luminous Axis (2002)
- Snakish (2005)
- Compassion (2002)
- Wisdom in Time (2006)
- Dark Lady of the Sonnets (2007)
- America (2008)
- Abbey Road Quartet (2008)
- Heart's Reflections (released 2011)
- Ancestors (2011)
- Occupy the World (2012)
- Sonic Rivers (2013)
- Red Hill (2014)
- The Great Lakes Suites (2012)
- Celestial Weather (2012)
- Najwa (2014)
- Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (2014 & 2015)
- A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke (2015)
- Sacred Ceremonies (2015 & 2016)
- America's National Parks (2016)
albums
- Reflectativity (1974)
- Song of Humanity (1976)
- The Mass on the World (1978)
- Touch the Earth (1979)
- Go in Numbers (1980)
- If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells (1981)
- The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer (1986)
- Condor, Autumn Wind (1997)
- Organic Resonance (2003)
- Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace (2003)
- Tabligh (2005)
- Spiritual Dimensions (2008 & 2009)
- Ten Freedom Summers (2011)
- June 6th 2013 (2013)
- Kabell Years: 1971–1979