Red Sulphur Sky

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Red Sulphur Sky
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Studio album by
Released2001
RecordedApril 14, 2001
StudioKillzone Music, Los Angeles
Genre Jazz
Length52:28
Label Tzadik
Producer Wadada Leo Smith & Harumi Makino Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Golden Quartet
(2000)
Red Sulphur Sky
(2001)
The Year of the Elephant
(2002)

Red Sulphur Sky is a solo album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith which was recorded in 2001 and released on Tzadik Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Tom Hull B+ [5]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek notes "Smith offers an album full of warmth and humor that is genuinely accessible." [3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "This is a devastatingly beautiful recital, calling on all of Smith's technique as well as his wonderfully poetic musical personality." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith
  1. "Red Sulphur Sky" - 6:12
  2. "Evening Glow a Shining Outward" - 4:36
  3. "The Medicine Wheel" - 20:34
  4. "Afmie: Purity and Poverty" - 21:06

Personnel

References

  1. Red Sulphur Sky at Wadada Leo Smith
  2. "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Wadada Leo Smith - Red Sulphur Sky: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1362. ISBN   0-14-051521-6.
  5. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull . Retrieved July 9, 2020.