tracks

Nine (9) Stones On A Mountain
Improvisation N° 4
Creative Music — 1
Afmie — Poem (Solo) Dance 3
Ogotommeli: Dogon Sage
Ep — 1
Ngoma: Gravity And Lightwaves
Seeds
Zekr
Until The Fire
Reflectativity
T Wmukl - D
North American Stomp
Visions
Transcendental Suite
Songs Of Humanity
Lexicon
Peacocks, Gazelles, Dogwood Trees & Six Silver Coins
Of Blues And Dreams
Pneuma
Tempio
Play Ebony Play Ivory
Life Sequence 1
Love Is A Rare Beauty: Movements 1–5
Aura
Ankrasmation
Atoke
Fana
The Zebra Goes Wild

notes

Disc One: "Creative Music — 1" ( 1972 )
tracks 1-6 recorded December 18-19, 1971, originally released as Leo Smith* - Creative Music - 1 (Six Solo Improvisations)
tracks 7-10 recorded at Mapenzi, Oakland, CA, 1976, never before released

Disc Two: "Reflectativity" ( 1975 )
tracks 1-5 recorded at the Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT, November 22, 1974
tracks 1, 2 originally released as New Dalta Ahkri - Reflectativity
tracks 3-5 never before released

Disc Three: "Songs Of Humanity" ( 1977 )
tracks 1-6 recorded at The Gallery, New Haven, CT, August 4, 1976, originally released as New Dalta Ahkri - Song Of Humanity = Kanto Pri Homaro
track 7 recorded at WKCR FM, NYC, February 16, 1975, never before released

Disc Four: "Ahkreanvention" ( 1979 )
tracks 1-4 recorded at The Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1979
tracks 1-3 originally released on Leo Smith* - Solo Music Ahkreanvention
tracks 5-7 recorded at Mapenzi, Oakland, CA,1976
tracks 4-7 never before released

Restoration and mastering at Hit Factoring Mastering, NYC

Includes a twenty-eight page booklet featuring session photos, liner notes and full discographical info

This set represents the complete Kabell recordings except for two tracks on Ghanain flute ( "Sarhanna" and "Kashala" ) from
Kabell 4 ( Ahkreanvention ) omitted at Wadada's request. ( from booklet back cover )

credits

Bass – Wes Brown (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5, 3-1 to 3-7)
Composed By – Wadada Leo Smith (tracks: 1-1 to 3-1, 3-3, 3-5 to 4-7)
Design – Chippy (3), Heung-Heung Chin
Drums, Percussion – Pheeroan Aklaff (tracks: 3-1 to 3-7)
Edited By, Technician [Noise Reduction] – Wayne Peet (tracks: 1-7 to 1-10, 3-7, 4-5 to 4-7)
Ensemble – New Dalta Ahkri (tracks: 2-1 to 3-7)
Executive-Producer – John Zorn
Executive-Producer [Associate Producer] – Kazunori Sugiyama
Liner Notes – Anthony Davis (2), Bobby Naughton, George Lewis, Henry Kaiser, John Zorn, Larry Ochs
Mastered By – Don Vangordon, (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6), T.J. Sokira, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 2-1 to 2-5)
Photography By – Bill Smith (3), Eugene Chadbourne, Kathleen Sinclair, Kwame Shaw
Piano – Anthony Davis (2) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5, 3-1 to 3-7)
Producer – Anthony Davis (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6), Wadada Leo Smith, Wes Brown (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Recorded By – Barri Scott (tracks: 1-7 to 1-10, 4-5 to 4-7), Doug Clark (3) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6), Gerry Hemingway (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5), Peter Crawford (4) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5), Peter Solak (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Restoration, Mastered By – Nathan James, Scott Hull (2)
Saxophone, Flute – Oliver Lake (tracks: 3-1 to 3-7)
Trumpet, Flute, Percussion, Bells, Harmonica – Wadada Leo Smith

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Tzadik
Copyright (c) – Tzadik
Recorded At – Mapenzi, Oakland, CA
Recorded At – Educational Center For The Arts, New Haven, CT
Recorded At – The Gallery
Recorded At – WKCR
Mastered At – Dynamic Recording Studios
Mastered At – Soundwave Recording Studios
Remastered At – Hit Factory Mastering
Manufactured By – ATOZMUSIC.COM

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