Condor, Autumn Wind

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Condor, Autumn Wind
Condor, Autumn Wind WLS.jpg
Live album by
Wadada Leo Smith
ReleasedMay 19, 1998
RecordedNovember 8, 1997
StudioHayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC
GenreJazz
Length1:12:01
LabelWobbly Rail
ProducerWadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Prataksis
(1998) 		Condor, Autumn Wind
(1998) 		Light Upon Light
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[2]

Condor, Autumn Wind is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith recorded with Harumi Makino Smith.[3][4] The album is dedicated to Sarhanna, Kashala and Lamar, in special memory of Dizzy Gillespie.[5]

Critical reception[]

Bill Shoemaker of JazzTimes noted "Condor, Autumn Wind, recorded live in Durham, shows the potential of the emerging Mid-Atlantic concert circuit for avant garde jazz and improvised music. A lot of improvisers talk vaguely about creating a space in which the music can be spawned and received, but Wadada Leo Smith pursues and achieves this goal with an unique, focused discipline on the mostly solo Condor, Autumn Wind. Throughout the program, Smith’s trumpet solos have an episodic quality, where the overall shape of the piece is altered with each boldly shaped phrase. At strategic points in the program, he complements his palette with voice, mbira, percussion, wood flute, and bike horn-like seal-horn. On three pieces, Harumi Makino Smith’s poetry (read both in English and Japanese) provides an evocative counterpoint. In all, Condor, Autumn Wind is a winding journey with many intriguing stops."[6]

Track listing[]

All music is composed by Wadada Leo Smith, Harumi Makino Smith.

No.TitleLength
1."Hummingbirds Harvesting Nectar from the Birds of Paradise Plants"7:50
2."East: Illumination: Eagle: Yellow"6:38
3."Emmeya"6:21
4."Special Rider Blues (For Kashala]"7:30
5."Sonicboltz Wave"4:50
6."Condor (For Dizzy Gillespie)"10:14
7."Sunrise and Moonbows (For Marion Brown)"3:19
8."Shah Ni'matullah Wali"7:26
9."Song of Humanity"8:10
10."Albert Ayler"9:43
Total length:1:12:01

Personnel[]

Band

  • Wadada Leo Smith – cover art, flugelhorn, flute, horn, maracas mbira, producer, siren, trumpet, vocals, voices
  • Harumi Makino Smith – cover art, performer, poetry

Production

  • Mirla del Rosario – artwork, layout design
  • Robert Frenz – photography
  • Mac McCaughan – design, executive producer
  • Dan McCleary – layout design
  • Brian Paulson – engineer
  • Kashala Smith – illustrations
  • Chris Stamey – mastering

References[]

  1. ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Wadada Leo Smith: Condor, Autumn Wind". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. p. 1278. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. ^ Parker, C. (2000). "Condor, Autumn Wind". The Wire. C. Parker (190–196): 125. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ Morris, Chris (5 September 1998). "Merge Diverges From Indie RockWith Wobbly Rail Imprint". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Wadada Leo Smith – Condor, Autumn Wind". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ^ Shoemaker, Bill (1 December 1998). "Wadada Leo Smith/Harumi Makino Smith: Condor, Autumn Wind". JazzTimes. jazztimes.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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