The Emerald Duets

Album by Wadada Leo Smith

Released 17 June 2022

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Litanies, Prayers and Meditations
  • 1
    The Prayer (For Keith Jarrett)
    13:32
  • 2
    First Meditation From the Heart: The Beauty, the Beloved
    12:03
  • 3
    The Uyghur in Xinjiang, China
    6:57
  • 4
    Rumi’s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression (Part I)
    4:02
  • 5
    Rumi’s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression (Part II)
    1:05
  • 6
    Rumi’s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression (Part III)
    6:36
  • 7
    Rumi’s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression (Part IV)
    1:59
  • 8
    A Sonic Litany on Peace
    7:51
  • 9
    The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional and a Force That Destroys Democracy
    11:18
  • 10
    A Sonic Litany on Justice
    3:21
  • 11
    Second Meditation From the Heart: The Beloved, the Beauty
    6:20
  • CD 2: Havana, Cuba
  • 1
    The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional and a Force That Destroys Democracy
    10:50
  • 2
    Havana, the Maghrib Prayer and Reflections
    10:43
  • 3
    United States Representative Ilhan Omar
    3:54
  • 4
    Jeanne Lee: In a Jupiter Mood
    6:30
  • 5
    Donald Ayler: The Master of the Sound and Energy Forms
    9:30
  • 6
    A Rainbow Sonic Ark for Tomasz Ludwik Stańko (1942-2018)
    6:40
  • 7
    Haiti, an Independent Nation in 1804 but Not Recognized by Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Others: A Designed Tragedy!
    6:45
  • 8
    Mongezi Feza
    10:58
  • CD 3: Mysterious Sonic Fields
  • 1
    Chrysanthemum Flowers on a Mountaintop (For Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson)
    5:02
  • 2
    Largo: A Mysterious Love Sonic (For Shana, Robeson and Sarah)
    5:02
  • 3
    Louis Armstrong in New York City and Accra, Ghana
    8:51
  • 4
    Albert Einstein: Particles of Light, a Study in Perception
    5:00
  • 5
    Ornette Coleman at the World’s Fair of Science and Art in Fort Worth, Texas
    6:02
  • 6
    The Call - A Duet Between Joseph "King" Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton
    4:43
  • 7
    Light Garden in a Dream-Space, a Remembrance of Shaba of Ethiopia
    5:47
  • 8
    Han Bennink on Fifth Avenue, NYC
    5:17
  • 9
    Johnny Dyani, the Artist Who Imagined a New South Africa. A Celebration
    5:48
  • CD 4: Freedom Summer, the Legacy
  • 1
    Sandalwood and Sage
    5:09
  • 2
    Freedom Summer
    9:20
  • 3
    Meditation: A Sonic Circle of Double Piano Resonances
    8:59
  • 4
    The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional and a Force That Destroys Democracy
    20:03
  • 5
    Silence, Quietness and Very Still
    9:51
  • CD 5: Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains
  • 1
    Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part I the River of Abundance)
    8:31
  • 2
    Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part II the Fountain of Tasnim)
    9:39
  • 3
    Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part III the Supreme Fountain)
    8:13
  • 4
    Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part IV Exaltation and Musk)
    9:18
  • 5
    Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part V Pomegranates and Herbal Teas)
    2:01

More by Wadada Leo Smith

Issues