Music

Rastafari 1983

jazz 40 min 4 tracks Sackville

Rastafari is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith with the Bill Smith ensemble, released in 1983 on the Canadian Sackville label. The trumpeter considers the recording a cooperative effort, it is Bill Smith, co-founder of Sackville and producer of the album, who made it a "Leo Smith record". It was reissued on CD in 2003 with new artwork by Boxholder.

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Character

Grave, character-led, cool and classical in form.

gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven
cooloverwhelming

Tracks

A1Rastafari7:30
A2Rituals11:56
B1Madder Lake11:05
B2Little Bits9:10

4 tracks, 40 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Leo Smith, The Bill Smith Ensemble
Label: Sackville
Released: 1983
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: CA

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