Reflectativity (2000 album)

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Reflectativity
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Studio album by
Released2000
RecordedJanuary 2000
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length50:57
Label Tzadik
Producer Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Light Upon Light
(1999)
Reflectativity
(2000)
Golden Quartet
(2000)

Reflectativity is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith which was recorded in 2000 and released by Tzadik Records. [1] The album is an extended remake of a recording Smith released on his own label in 1975. This new version features a trio with pianist Anthony Davis (who performed on the original record) and bassist Malachi Favors. [2]

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Reception

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In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "'Smith's Reflectativity is easily his most adventurous and consistent album since 1979's Divine Love ." [3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes "The dominant influences on this extraordinary record are Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Anthony Braxton, with whom Smith has worked many times and with whom he shares something of an aesthetic. The playing is very powerful and very compelling." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith
  1. "Reflectativity" - 18:24
  2. "Blue Flag" - 4:41
  3. "Fisherman T WMUKL-D" - 15:47
  4. "Hanabishi" - 12:05

Personnel

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References

  1. "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. Reflectativity at Wadada Leo Smith
  3. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Wadada Leo Smith - Reflectativity: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 19, 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.