Wadada Leo Smith: Tao-Njia
{Order} 	#7017
CD Info:
Released 1996
total cd time - 43:12
US price $15


I. Another Wave More Waves RealAudioClip
II. Double Thunderbolt: Memorial For Don Cherry
a. Double Thunderbolt From Elephantasy To The Inergy of Cherryco
b. Symphony For Improvisers
c. Sun Lion's Dance
d. Six Whales, The Sea And A Big Sky Rainbow Sphinx
e. Symphony For Improvisers
f. A Falcon Ascends In A Moonbow Lightbeam
III. Tao-Njia

A breathtkingly beautiful document of new compositions from a founding member of Chicago's AACM and one of the world's most important contemporary creative musician/composers. Featuring his ensemble Nda-Kulture and the California E.A.R. Unit, Tao-Njia blends jazz, blues, poetry and the cultural traditions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Indonesia and America into lyrical and profoundly moving music.

ANOTHER WAVE MORE WAVES
Wadada Leo Smith: trumpet, flugelhorn
David Philipson: two low drums, frame drum
Mika Noda: vibes, tubular bells, timpani




DOUBLE THUNDERBOLT
Wadada Leo Smith: trumpet, flugelhorn, bamboo flute, nohkan flute, axatse, monophony-bar, indian low bell, japanese high bell
David Philipson: bansuri, axatse, tibetan temple bells
Harumi Makino Smith: poetry




TAO-NJIA
Wadada Leo Smith: solo trumpet, pre-recorded solo mbira music
Dorothy Stone: flute, alto flute, piccolo
Martin Walker: clarinet, bass clarinet
Mika Noda: timpani, vibraphone, tubular bells
Vicki Ray: piano, celesta
Robin Lorentz: violin
Erika Duke: cello
Stephen Lucky Mosko: conductor