Touch the Earth

Touch the Earth is an album by a free jazz trio consisting of American trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, German bassist Peter Kowald and German drummer Günter Sommer, which was recorded live in 1979 and released on the German FMP label. It was reissued on CD in a compilation titled Touch the Earth—Break the Shells, with some tracks from If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells, another album by the same trio.[2][3]

Touch the Earth
Live album by
Peter Kowald, Wadada Leo Smith, Günter Sommer
Released1980
RecordedNovember 13 & 14, 1979
VenueFlöz, Berlin
GenreJazz
Length40:47
LabelFMP
ProducerJost Gebers
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Spirit Catcher
(1979)		 Touch the Earth
(1980)		 Go in Numbers
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states about the Touch the Earth - Break the Shells reissue "This is music of the mind, certainly, but it is also from the body and the earth itself. This is free jazz that sings!."[4]

The JazzTimes review by John Murph says about the reissue "Both wild and peaceful, Touch The Earth-Break the Shells, is an invigorating post-Art Ensemble of Chicago experience."[5]

Track listing
  1. "Gebr. Loesch" (Sommer) – 4:15
  2. "Touch the Earth" (Kowald) – 12:50
  3. "Wind Song in a Dance of Unity" (Smith) – 4:09
  4. "In Light" (Smith) – 12:08
  5. "Ein Stück Über Dem Boden" (Kowald) – 3:51
  6. "Radepur im Februar" (Sommer) – 7:34

Personnel

References
  1. Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 4997. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. Touch the Earth on FMP
  3. "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. Jurek, Thom. Peter Kowald – Touch the Earth - Break the Shells: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  5. Shanley, Mike Touch the Earth - Break the Shells review at JazzTimes
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