Divine Love (album)

Divine Love
Divine Love
Studio album by Leo Smith
Released	1979
Recorded	September 1978
Studio	Tonstudio Bauer; Ludwigsburg, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:53
Label	ECM 1143
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Wadada Leo Smith chronology

Last updated March 29, 2024

Divine Love is an album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, recorded in September 1978 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features multi-instrumentalists Dwight Andrews and Bobby Naughton, with guest appearances from trumpeters Lester Bowie and Kenny Wheeler on one track and bassist Charlie Haden on another.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Tom Hull	B^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[7]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.^[6]

In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek wrote: "Smith acts as conductor, soloist, and his own sideman here; he opens the field on Divine Love through the authority of his players, each of whom receives the colorful possibilities he presents with unguarded openness and the desire to expand on them."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Leo Smith

"Divine Love" - 21:47
"Tastalun" - 6:38
"Spirituals: Language of Love" - 15:28

Personnel

Leo Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn, gong, percussion
Dwight Andrews – alto flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, triangles, mbira
Bobby Naughton – vibraharp, marimba, bells
Lester Bowie, Kenny Wheeler – trumpet (track 2)
Charlie Haden – bass (track 3)

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References

↑ ECM discography Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 13, 2011
↑ "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Wadada Leo Smith: Divine Love". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
↑ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull . Retrieved 9 July 2020.
1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Wadada Leo Smith". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 183. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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[ECM_discography-1] ECM discography Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 13, 2011

[2] "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[Allmusic-3] 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Wadada Leo Smith: Divine Love". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

[4] Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[5] "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull . Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[Penguin_Guide-6] 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Wadada Leo Smith". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

[RSJRG-7] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 183. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Creative Music - 1 (1971) Divine Love (1978) Solo Music: Ahkreanvention (1979) Budding of a Rose (1979) Spirit Catcher (1979) 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)
Live 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) Human Rights (1982) 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)
Compilations	Kabell Years: 1971–1979