Compassion (Wadada Leo Smith album)

Compassion
Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith, Adam Rudolph
Released	May 16, 2006
Recorded	June 29, 2002
Studio	The Electric Lodge, Venice, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:13
Label	Meta Records, Kabell Records
Wadada Leo Smith, Adam Rudolph chronology

Compassion is studio album by jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and percussionist Adam Rudolph[1] The album was released on May 16, 2006 via Meta and Kabell labels.[2][3]

Reception

By Chris Kelsey of JazzTimes noted "Ages before reductionist improvisation morphed into a contest to see who could say the least within the longest possible span of time and in the most unmusical way possible, trumpeter/flugelhornist Wadada Leo Smith developed a style built on economy and variable timbre—a style that, while novel, nevertheless embraced essential qualities that distinguish music from random futzing. Compassion is not reductionist. Smith’s approach is too direct and organically conceived to be defined so narrowly. But this music does demonstrate how one can explore open space and extremes in tonal color without contrivance."[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aquamarine Night"	Smith, Rudolph	3:30
2.	"Sun Ray Colors and Rainbow Images"	Smith, Rudolph	10:16
3.	"Fragrance of Light"	Smith, Rudolph	3:11
4.	"Love Rhythms, Heart Songs"	Smith, Rudolph	13:06
5.	"Song of Humanity"	Smith	4:30
6.	"Silver Dream Circle"	Smith, Rudolph	7:13
7.	"The Caller and the Called"	Smith, Rudolph	4:49
Total length:			47:13

Personnel

Band

Wadada Leo Smith – composer, executive producer, flugelhorn, trumpet
Adam Rudolph – composer, cymbals, dusungoni, executive producer, gong, hand drums, kalimba, percussion, vocals

Production

Jim Hemingway – mastering
Jason Lord – engineer, mixing

References

"Wadada Leo Smith & Adam Rudolph – Compassion". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
"Adam Rudolph / Wadada Leo Smith Compassion". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
"Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
Kelsey, Chris (1 July 2006). "Wadada Leo Smith and Adam Rudolph: Compassion". JazzTimes. jazztimes.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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[1] "Wadada Leo Smith & Adam Rudolph – Compassion". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[2] "Adam Rudolph / Wadada Leo Smith Compassion". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[3] "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[4] Kelsey, Chris (1 July 2006). "Wadada Leo Smith and Adam Rudolph: Compassion". JazzTimes. jazztimes.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.