Wadada Leo Smith: Fire Illuminations (Kabell)

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Mentre un po' per volta continua il nostro work in progress di ricostruzione cronologica della carriera di Wadada Leo Smith, dedichiamo una puntata extra al suo album più recente, Fire Illuminations: Wadada lo ha ha appena pubblicato - solo in digitale - con la Kabell, l'etichetta personale con cui mezzo secolo fa il trombettista fece uscire i primi album a suo nome. Il 5 e 6 maggio Waddada Leo Smith sarà al festival Angelica, a Bologna, per le sue prime due (e per il momento uniche) date europee dopo il covid: a ottantun anni, Wadada è in piena attività e ad alto livello, come testimonia già il tenore della formazione impegnata in questo album, denominata Orange Wave Electric: Nels Cline, Brandon Ross e Lamar Smith alle chitarre elettriche, Bill Laswell e Melvin Gibbs ai bassi elettrici, Pheeroan AkLaff alla batteria, Mauro Refosco alle percussioni, Hardedge all'elettronica. Album autorevole e lucido, Fire Illuminations sta dalle parti del Wadada Leo Smith le cui radici artistiche affondano nel blues del Delta e poi affascinato dal Miles Davis elettrico: è il prodotto di una serie di sedute di incisione condotte con diverse configurazioni della formazione, e di un intenso lavoro di post-produzione, il tutto nell'arco di quattro anni. Fire Illuminations è la prima di diverse uscite di Leo Smith previste per il 2023. Uno dei brani dell'album è dedicato al grande Tony Williams, due portano nel titolo Muhammad Ali: "Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Horizon" e "Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's Rumble in Zaire Africa".

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