Human Rights (album)

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Human Rights
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Studio album by
Wadada Leo Smith
Released1986
Recorded1982
GenreJazz
LabelKabell, Gramm
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells
(1983) 		Human Rights
(1986) 		Procession of the Great Ancestry
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[1]
Tom HullB+[2]

Human Rights is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith.[3][4][5] The album was released in 1986 via Kabell and Gramm labels.[6]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Ethiopia / Africa"8:26
2."Don't You Remembe"4:52
3."Freedom Song"2:23
4."Rastafari#4"7:00
5."Humanismo Justa (Human Rights) / Tutmonda Muziko (World Music)"29:05

Personnel[]

  • Leo Smith – trumpet, vocals, mbira
  • Stanya – electric guitar, synthesizer
  • Michele Navazio – acoustic guitar, bass [synthesizer]
  • James Emery – electric guitar
  • Thurman Barker – drums
  • Peter Kowald – bass, tuba, percussion
  • Guenter Sommer – drums, percussion
  • Tadao Sawai – koto, percussion

References[]

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Leo Smith – Human Rights". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Wadada Leo Smith Human Rights". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. ^ Fischlin, Daniel; Heble, Ajay; Lipsitz, George (2013). The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the Ethics of Cocreation. Duke University Press. p. 113. ISBN 9780822378358.
  6. ^ "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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