Creative Music - 1 Explained

Creative Music - 1
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wadada Leo Smith
Cover:	Creative_Music_1_Cover.jpeg
Released:	1972
Recorded:	December 18–19, 1971
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	49:06
Label:	Kabell
Producer:	Wadada Leo Smith
Chronology:	Wadada Leo Smith
Next Title:	Reflectativity
Next Year:	1975

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 , released by John Zorn's imprint Tzadik Records.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

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."

Track listing

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith.

1. "Nine (9) Stones on a Mountain" - 5:29
2. "Improvisation No. 4" - 7:16
3. "Creative Music - 1" - 11:54
4. "aFmie - Poem (solo) DancE 3" - 13:12
5. "Ogotommêli: Dogon Sage" - 8:14
6. "Ep - 1" - 3:01

Personnel

• 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

Notes and References

1. http://wadadaleosmith.com/pages/kabell_years.html Kabell Years: 1971-1979
2. Web site: Wadada Leo Smith discography . Jazz Lists . jazzlists.com . 4 June 2018.