27 Mar

[ 31 March, 2023 release via Kabell Records: Wadada Leo Smith’s Orange Wave Electric Ensemble – Fire Illuminations ]

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release date: 31.03.2023 via Kabell Records.

Legendary trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith debuts his new ensemble Orange Wave Electric with an exhilarating new digital album Fire Illuminations, available March 31, 2023 via Kabell Records. Joining Smith are an electric band with guitarists Nels Cline, Brandon Ross and Lamar Smith; bassists Bill Laswell and Melvin Gibbs; electronic musician Hardedge; percussionist Mauro Refosco; and drummer Pheeroan akLaff.

“Wadada Leo Smith has played an outsize role in American experimental music for the last 50 years.” – Seth Colter Walls, New York Times

“In a half-century of recording, [Wadada Leo Smith] has never stopped exploring the parameters of the form and instrument.” – Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz

12 May

[ May the 21st, 2021 realizes via TUM Records: Wadada Leo Smith’s year-long celebration of his 80th birthday , Two major boxes: Sacred Ceremonies & Trumpet ]

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release date: 21.05.2021

TUM Records Celebrates Wadada Leo Smith’s 80th Birthday Year!

Throughout 2021, TUM Records will celebrate the coming 80th birthday of renowned composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith with a series of new releases showcasing his monumental artistic vision. The yearlong celebration kicks off on May 21 with a pair of three-CD boxed sets, one an inspiring solo trumpet recording captured in a beautiful historic setting (Trumpet), the other a meeting of three true masters, Smith, Bill Laswell and Milford Graves (Sacred Ceremonies).

04 Apr

[Sonar’s “The Bill Laswell Mix Translations” To Be Released On Limited Edition 12-inch Vinyl EP On 7d Media]

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Release date: April 19, 2019

In just two weeks this phenomenal meeting is going to hit the daylight. The Swiss quartet SONAR has quickly gained an international reputation for creating a unique blend of forward-thinking instrumental music imbued with power, tension and emotional identity. With their slow-build approach to dramaturgy and avoidance of conventional forms, they focus on collective group efforts and a deeper kind of interaction amongst their members Stephan Thelen (guitar), Bernhard Wagner (guitar), Christian Kuntner (electric bass) and Manuel Pasquinelli (drums).