| Divine Love | ||||
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| Studio album by Leo Smith | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | September 1978 | |||
| Studio | Tonstudio Bauer Ludwigsburg, West Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:53 | |||
| Label | ECM 1143 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Wadada Leo Smith chronology | ||||
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Divine Love is an album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, recorded in September 1978 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features multi-instrumentalists Dwight Andrews and Bobby Naughton, with guest appearances from trumpeters Lester Bowie and Kenny Wheeler on one track and bassist Charlie Haden on another.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Tom Hull | B |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.
In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek wrote: "Smith acts as conductor, soloist, and his own sideman here; he opens the field on Divine Love through the authority of his players, each of whom receives the colorful possibilities he presents with unguarded openness and the desire to expand on them."
Track listing
- All compositions by Leo Smith
- "Divine Love" - 21:47
- "Tastalun" - 6:38
- "Spirituals: Language of Love" - 15:28
Personnel
- Leo Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn, gong, percussion
- Dwight Andrews – alto flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, triangles, mbira
- Bobby Naughton – vibraharp, marimba, bells
- Lester Bowie, Kenny Wheeler – trumpet (track 2)
- Charlie Haden – bass (track 3)
References
- ECM discography Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 13, 2011
- "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Wadada Leo Smith: Divine Love". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) . "Wadada Leo Smith". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 183. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.