Wadada Leo Smith Discography String Quartets nos. 1–12

Wadada Leo Smith

String Quartets nos. 1–12

Release dateJune 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

Current tour

Wadada Leo Smith is on tour now!

Wadada Leo Smith will be next performing at Pulitzer Arts Foundation on Sunday 25 October 2026, and is scheduled to play 1 concerts across 1 countries in 2026.

Upcoming concerts

25 Oct
St. Louis, MO