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Wadada Leo Smith: Tradition & Transition

The Roulette Tapes by Roulette_Intermedium

Jun 29, 202500:28:00Music

Composer and trumpet player Wadada Leo Smith in commentary and concert excerpts recorded at Roulette including a duo with keyboardist Amina Claudine Myers (Central Park Mosaics, 2024), passages from his Pulitzer-nominate...

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Wadada Leo Smith: Tradition & Transition is an episode from The Roulette Tapes by Roulette_Intermedium. Composer and trumpet player Wadada Leo Smith in commentary and concert excerpts recorded at Roulette including a duo with keyboardist Am...

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Published Jun 29, 2025, 00:28:00 long, audio available.

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Composer and trumpet player Wadada Leo Smith in commentary and concert excerpts recorded at Roulette including a duo with keyboardist Amina Claudine Myers (Central Park Mosaics, 2024), passages from his Pulitzer-nominated Ten Freedom Summers (Golden Quartet and the Pacifica Coral Reef Ensemble, 2013), and a Rastafarian ceremonial ritual with vocalist Jeanne Lee (1989) An early member and proponent of the AACM and the Chicago “creative music” paradigm, Wadada taught for years at Cal Arts and has an enduring connection with Wesleyan University. Over the years his bands and collaborators have included Leroy Jenkins, Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Anthony Davis, Oliver Lake, Derek Bailey, and many more.

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Published Jun 29, 2025 and 00:28:00 long