Divine Love (album)
Divine Love is an album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Leo Smith recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.[1][2]
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | September 1978 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:53 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.[3]
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."[4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [6] |
| Tom Hull | B[7] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Leo Smith
- "Divine Love" - 21:47
- "Tastalun" - 6:38
- "Spirituals: Language of Love" - 15:28
- Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in September 1978
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.
- Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "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.
- 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.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 183. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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