Description
CD in heavy duty tip-on style gatefold mini-LP sleeve from Stoughton Printing, on textured paper with printed inner sleeve.
"...Constellations And Hemispheres reintroduces a sense of active adventure to Smith's work." --DownBeat (lead review)
"Among those works that stress his compositional side, this recording is highly recommended..." --Jazz Journal
"...feels like a unified experiment--mostly stripped down of gloss but still with haunting and transcendent moments to reflect upon." --JazzTrail
"...as easy to lose one's bearings in as it is easy to enjoy -- to listen to for the simple purpose of musical pleasure." --Spinal Tapdance
"...less interested in giving us conclusions than in creating the conditions under which we might arrive at our own." --Paris-Move
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
with
Sylvie Courvoisier - piano (tracks 1 & 3)
Marcus Gilmore - drums (tracks 1 & 3)
Bobby Naughton - vibraphone (tracks 2-5)
Lamar Smith - electric guitar (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Bill Laswell - electric bass (tracks 3 & 4)
Melvin Gibbs - electric bass (tracks 3 & 4)
Mauro Refosco - percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Brian Jawara Gray - percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Pheeroan akLaff - drums (tracks 2-5)