Creative Music - 1 is the first recording as a leader by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, which was released in 1972 on his own, privately pressed label Kabell. Subtitled "Six Solo Improvisations", the album featured Smith solo using trumpet, flugelhorn and various drums, gongs, bells, and home made percussion. It was reissued in 2004 as part of the four-CD box Kabell Years: 1971-1979, released by John Zorn's imprint Tzadik Records.[1][2]
| Creative Music - 1 | ||||
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | December 18–19, 1971 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 49:06 | |||
| Label | Kabell | |||
| Producer | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [4] |
In his review for AllMusic, Eugene Chadbourne notes that "The real plus of musician-run labels is that the listener has the possibility to receive a completely uncompromised, pure version of the artist's work, and, in the case of this album, that is one large treasure indeed."[3]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Wadada Leo Smith.
- "Nine (9) Stones on a Mountain" - 5:29
- "Improvisation No. 4" - 7:16
- "Creative Music - 1" - 11:54
- "aFmie - Poem (solo) DancE 3" - 13:12
- "Ogotommêli: Dogon Sage" - 8:14
- "Ep - 1" - 3:01
Personnel
edit- Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn, seal horn, recorder, Indian wooden flute, harmonica, autoharp, hand zithers, bells, parade drum, hand drum, tin drum, aluminum pot drums, cymbals, mobile sounds-gong, metal-plates, steel-o-phone, gongs, Indian bell
References
edit- ^ Kabell Years: 1971-1979 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine at Wadada Leo Smith
- ^ "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene. Wadada Leo Smith - Creative Music - 1: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.