Smith, DeJohnette, Iyer - A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday (2021)

Wadada Leo Smith, Jack DeJohnette & Vijay Iyer
A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday
2021 - TUM Records: TUM CD 060
https://tumrecords.com/060-a-love-sonnet-for-billie-holiday

* Wadada Leo Smith: trumpet
* Vijay Iyer : piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3, electronics
* Jack DeJohnette : drums, percussion

https://www.wadadaleo/
https://vijay-iyer.com/
https://www.jackdejohnette.com/

Recorded by Robert Musso, with assistant engineer Timothy Marchiafava,
at Avatar Studios in New York City, New York, USA, on November 22, 2016.

Reviews
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By Raul da Gama
https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/jazzaimprovised/31567-a-love-sonnet-for-billie-holiday-wadada-leo-smith-jack-dejohnette-vijay-iyer-the-chicago-symphonies-wadada-leo-smith-s-great-lakes-quartet

[...]

Each of the members of this latter trio brought pieces to explore during this
musical encounter. The uniqueness of Smith’s art is in what might be referred
to as the small print – the intimate moments that only a genuine artist
understands and has the ability to inspire in others. We experience majesty in
his The A.D. Opera: A Long Vision with Imagination, Creativity and Fire, a
dance opera (For Anthony Davis). Iyer’s Time No.1 and DeJohnette’s Song for
World Forgiveness are also impressive. Throughout the album phrases are
tellingly placed, every colour skilfully applied, whether with a subtle smudge
of the thumb or the bolder stroke of the brush.

[...]

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By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-love-sonnet-for-billie-holiday-mw0003619084

By Stef Gijssels
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2022/10/wadada-leo-smith-update-galore.html

By Dan McClenaghan
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-love-sonnet-for-billie-holiday-wadada-leo-smith-vijay-iyer-and-jack-dejohnette-tum-records

By Mark Corroto
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-love-sonnet-for-billie-holiday-wadada-leo-smith-tum-records

Jan Granlie (dk)
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/wadada-leo-smith-jack-dejohnette-vijay-iyer/

Da Mario Grella (it)
https://offtopicmagazine.net/2021/12/10/wadada-leo-smith-jack-dejohnette-vijay-iyer-a-love-sonnet-for-billie-holiday/

Par Philippe Renaud (fr)
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/660249/jazz-wadada-leo-smith-jack-dejohnette-et-vijay-iyer-a-love-sonnet-for-billie-holiday

Par Franpi Barriaux (fr)
https://www.citizenjazz.com/Wadada-Leo-Smith-Vijay-Iyer-Jack-DeJohnette.html