Wadada Leo Smith

String Quartets nos. 1–12

Release date June 17, 2022

Tracklist

1
String Quartet No. 1: Ulysses Simpson Kay
7:14
7:14
2
String Quartet No. 1: Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr.
4:15
4:15
3
String Quartet No. 1: Hale Smith
7:46
7:46
4
String Quartet No. 1: George Theophilius Walker
11:51
11:51
5
String Quartet No. 2
16:52
16:52
6
String Quartet No. 3 “Black Church: A First World Gathering of the Spirit”: Movement 1
11:13
11:13
7
String Quartet No. 3 “Black Church: A First World Gathering of the Spirit”: Movement 2
10:05
10:05
8
String Quartet No. 4: Movement 1
6:46
6:46
9
String Quartet No. 4: Movement 2
6:41
6:41
10
String Quartet No. 4: Movement 3
11:48
11:48
11
String Quartet No. 4: Movement 4
2:39
2:39
12
String Quartet No. 4: Movement 5
11:09
11:09
13
String Quartet No. 5 “In the Diaspora – Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions”
17:22
17:22
14
String Quartet No. 6 “Taif: Prayer n the Garden of the Hijaz”
23:00
23:00
15
String Quartet No. 7 “Ten Thousand Ceveus Peruvianus Amemevical (In rememberance of Dorothy Ann Stone)”
14:38
14:38
16
String Quartet No. 8 “Opunta Humifusa”
21:12
21:12
17
String Quartet No. 9: Ma Rainey
6:25
6:25
18
String Quartet No. 9: Marian Anderson
10:15
10:15
19
String Quartet No. 10 “Angela Davis: Into the Morning Sunlight”
13:46
13:46
20
String Quartet No. 11: Shaikh Cerno Boka
13:41
13:41
21
String Quartet No. 11: Louis Armstrong
8:55
8:55
22
String Quartet No. 11: Sarah Bell Brown‐Smith
10:00
10:00
23
String Quartet No. 11: Kashala Kiom Smith
12:30
12:30
24
String Quartet No. 11: At the Heart’s Core, Knowledge (For UCLA Music Library)
9:55
9:55
25
String Quartet No. 11: Sarhanna Kabell Smith
12:31
12:31
26
String Quartet No. 11: Bessie Smith
11:08
11:08
27
String Quartet No. 11: Alvin Singleton
7:56
7:56
28
String Quartet No. 11: Red Autumn’s Gold (For Lucius G. Smith)
12:25
12:25
29
String Quartet No. 12: Billie Holiday
9:46
9:46
30
String Quartet No. 12: Pacifica
10:49
10:49

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Wadada Leo Smith will be next performing at Rotterdam Ahoy on Friday 10 July 2026, and is scheduled to play 1 concerts across 1 countries in 2026.

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