Reflectativity | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Wadada Leo Smith |
Cover: | Reflectativity_2000_cover_album.jpeg |
Released: | 2000 |
Recorded: | January 2000 |
Studio: | Avatar, New York City |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 50:57 |
Label: | Tzadik |
Producer: | Wadada Leo Smith |
Chronology: | Wadada Leo Smith |
Prev Title: | Light Upon Light |
Prev Year: | 1999 |
Next Title: | Golden Quartet |
Next Year: | 2000 |
Reflectativity is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith which was recorded in 2000 and released by Tzadik Records.[1] The album is an extended remake of a recording Smith released on his own label in 1975. This new version features a trio with pianist Anthony Davis (who performed on the original record) and bassist Malachi Favors.[2]
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "'Smith's Reflectativity is easily his most adventurous and consistent album since 1979's Divine Love."
The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes "The dominant influences on this extraordinary record are Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Anthony Braxton, with whom Smith has worked many times and with whom he shares something of an aesthetic. The playing is very powerful and very compelling."[3]
All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith