Released 2012 Length 60:19 Release date 16 October 2012 Genre Jazz | Recorded February 6, 2011 Producer Petri Haussila Label TUM Records | |
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Studio Master Recording, Espoo Ancestors
(2012) Occupy the World
(2013) Artists Wadada Leo Smith, Louis Moholo Wadada Leo Smith albums Ten Freedom Summers, Golden Hearts Remembrance, Wisdom in Time, Divine Love, America's National Parks | ||
Connecting to ancestors part 2
Ancestors is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, which was released in 2012 on the Finnish TUM label. The album features his first recording with South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo, after having explored the trumpet/drums duos on The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer with Ed Blackwell, Compassion with Adam Rudolph, Wisdom in Time with Günter Sommer and America with Jack DeJohnette.
Contents
- Connecting to ancestors part 2
- Legacy of our ancestors part 1 of 6
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Legacy of our ancestors part 1 of 6
Reception
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "Ancestors is an intimate, canny dialogue between two great masters whose creative common language is not only expressive, it's edifying." The PopMatters review by John Garratt says "For an album coming from a pair of musicians that played together once in the ‘70s and never recorded themselves together until now, Ancestors is a damn fine work."
Track listing
- "Moholo-Moholo/Golden Spirit" (Wadada Leo Smith) - 8:55
- "No Name in the Streets, James Baldwin" (Wadada Leo Smith) - 8:25
- "Jackson pollock - Action" (Wadada Leo Smith, Louis Moholo-Moholo) - 9:16
- "Siholaro" (Louis Moholo-Moholo) - 8:02
- "Ancestors" (Wadada Leo Smith, Louis Moholo-Moholo) - 25:41
Personnel
Songs
1Moholo-Moholo / Golden Spirit8:55
2No Name in the Street - James Baldwin8:25
3Jackson Pollock - Action9:18