Creative Music - 1

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 Kabell Years: 1971-1979, released by John Zorn's imprint Tzadik Records.[1][2]

Creative Music - 1
Studio album by
Wadada Leo Smith
Released1972
RecordedDecember 18–19, 1971
GenreJazz
Length49:06
LabelKabell
ProducerWadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Creative Music - 1
(1972)		 Reflectativity
(1975)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

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."[3]

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
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References
  1. Kabell Years: 1971-1979 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine at Wadada Leo Smith
  2. "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. Chadbourne, Eugene. Wadada Leo Smith - Creative Music - 1: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
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