Heart's Reflections

Heart's Reflections
Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith
Released	May 16, 2011
Studio	Firehouse 12 Recording Studio, New Haven, CT; Herb Alpert's School of Music, California Instutite of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:54:00
Label	Cuneiform Records Rune 330/331
Producer	Michael Gregory Jackson
Wadada Leo Smith chronology

Heart's Reflections is a two-disc studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. The album was released on May 16, 2011 via Cuneiform Records label.[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
All About Jazz	[2]
The Telegraph	[3]
The Jazz Mann	[4]
Tom Hull	A–[5]

Reception

Glen Hall of Exclaim! stated "Trumpeter Smith wears his love for Miles Davis on his sleeve. And the vibe of Heart's Reflections echoes Electric-era Miles, with wah-wah, electric trumpet, yowling guitars, rock-solid drumming and jangling electric piano. But where Miles' music exuded sexuality, most of Smith's two-CD set is ostensibly dedicated to Sufi saint Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili... Even with a heavy-on-electronics, 14-piece group, Smith's music is consistently focused and expressive.[7]

Phil Johnson of The Independent wrote "The astonishing 20-minute opening track might be called "Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden", but it's the wheedling tone and furious backbeat of the late Miles Davis that veteran free-jazz trumpeter Smith makes you think of most. Four electric guitarists among an ensemble of 14, with two laptop operatives squiggling away. You can argue that nothing on the double-CD quite equals it, or question the context of mystic spirituality, but Smith has made electric jazz sound dangerous again".[8]

Track listing

Disc 1

All tracks are written by Wadada Leo Smith.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden [For Don Cherry]"	20:50
2.	"The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Part I"	2:32
3.	"The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Part II"	6:27
4.	"The Majestic Way"	9:13
5.	"The Shaykh, as far as Humaythira"	7:29
6.	"Spiritual Wayfarers"	6:11
7.	"Certainty"	5:24
8.	"Ritual Purity and Love, Part I"	3:25
9.	"Ritual Purity and Love, Part II"	2:32

Disc 2

All tracks are written by Wadada Leo Smith.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Silsila"	5:34
2.	"The Well: From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Part I"	6:13
3.	"The Well: From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Part II"	5:02
4.	"Toni Morrison: The Black Hole (Sagittarius A*), Conscience and Epic Memory (For Toni Morrison)"	10:35
5.	"Leroy Jenkins's Air Steps (For Leroy Jenkins)"	22:29

Personnel

Wadada Leo Smith's – trumpet
Pheeroan akLaff – drums, soloist
Casey Anderson – sax (alto)
Charlie Burgin – laptop, soloist
Casey Butler – sax (tenor)
Josh Gerowitz – guitar (electric), soloist
Michael Gregory Jackson – guitar (electric), mixing, producer, soloist
John Lindberg – bass (acoustic), soloist
Brandon Ross – guitar (electric), soloist
Angelica Sanchez – piano, soloist, Wurlitzer piano
Lamar Smith – guitar (electric)
Stephanie Smith – soloist, violin
Skúli Sverrisson – six-string bass, bass (electric), soloist
Mark Trayle – laptop, soloist

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References

Freeman, Phil. "Wadada Leo Smith / Wadada Leo Smith's Organic Heart's Reflections". Allmusic. Allmusic. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Corroto, Mark (May 22, 2011). "Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Hewett, Ivan (4 August 2011). "Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections, CD review". The Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Owen, Tim (August 21, 2011). "Heart's Reflections Wadada Leo Smith". The Jazz Mann. thejazzmann.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
"Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
"Wadada Leo Smith – Heart's Reflections". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Hall, Glen (15 April 2011). "Wadada Leo Smith's Organic Heart's Reflections". Exclaim!. exclaim.ca. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Johnson, Phil (15 October 2011). "Album: Wadada Leo Smith's Organic, Heart's Reflection (Cuneiform)". Independent. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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[1] Freeman, Phil. "Wadada Leo Smith / Wadada Leo Smith's Organic Heart's Reflections". Allmusic. Allmusic. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[2] Corroto, Mark (May 22, 2011). "Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[3] Hewett, Ivan (4 August 2011). "Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections, CD review". The Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[4] Owen, Tim (August 21, 2011). "Heart's Reflections Wadada Leo Smith". The Jazz Mann. thejazzmann.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[5] "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[6] "Wadada Leo Smith – Heart's Reflections". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[7] Hall, Glen (15 April 2011). "Wadada Leo Smith's Organic Heart's Reflections". Exclaim!. exclaim.ca. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[8] Johnson, Phil (15 October 2011). "Album: Wadada Leo Smith's Organic, Heart's Reflection (Cuneiform)". Independent. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2018.