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Wadada Leo Smith - Procession of the Great Ancestry

By clifford ⋅ March 2, 2009 ⋅ ⋅ commentellen

Nessa ncd-26

Trumpeter-composer Wadada Leo Smith’s second of two dates for Nessa Records is a true embodiment of the AACM Great Black Music aesthetic.Procession of the Great Ancestry is a very mature record, Smith’s concept of rhythm-units clearly defined, ripening aesthetically yet tied to a sense of history. By the early 1980s, Smith was resident in New Haven, far from his Mississippi and Chicago roots. His working group at the time featured vibraphonist Bobby Naughton and bassist Joe Fonda, culled from the Creative Musicians’ Improvisers Forum, a musicians’ collective that self-produced concerts, taught workshops, and issued recordings on a number of artist-run labels. The Chicago axis is filled out by percussionist Khalil El’Zabar, and on two tracks bassist Mchaka Uba and guitarist Louis Myers (of blues band The Aces) make appearancs. Tenor saxophonist John Powell also appears on one cut.

The title track is a dedication to Miles, like four of the seven compositions here in homage to a departed trumpeter. The dedications are not necessarily related on the surface to their namesakes; sure, the pinched Harmon mute might recall Davis’ terse, wispy sketches, especially as they trace direct lines of projection across and around an electrified carpet. Smith’s comrades employ vibraphone, fuzzy arco bass and occasional bright accents to a steadily-shifting and overlapping measure of short phrases. Smith’s runs and stabs do contain echoes of blistering agitation, but separated from traditional notions of hardbop propulsion to an entirely separate set of activities. Physicality and phrase are isolated rhythmically and in interstitial relation to similar actions in time. Booker Little’s sharp cries and minor-key calls receive homage in “The Flower that Seeds the Earth,” the trio setting up a wobbly-rail groove behind the trumpeter as he carves stained Moorish epics into stately walks and suspended-time cooking.

It’s the inclusion of bluesman Louis Myers that really sets this record in a different light; both of the tunes he appears on are brief and feature Smith’s vocals. “Who Killed David Walker” rides a jagged, amped-up swing with dual basses and vibes setting the head in motion as Myers’ slick elisions and gobs of hollow-body impasto give an extraordinary weight to the group. This quartet is cutting yet ephemeral, a unique quality that Myers’ incomparable fretwork fleshes out. Procession of the Great Ancestry is easily one of Wadada Leo Smith’s strongest recordings and its reemergence on disc is already setting the 2009 reissue bar very, very high.

~ Clifford Allen