''Tabligh'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter

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which was recorded live at the CalArts Creative Music Festival in 2005 and released on

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. It was the third recording by his Golden Quartet with a new electro-acoustic lineup featuring pianist

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, bassist John Lindberg and drummer

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Background

Smith had brought these musicians together in 2004, and in the spring 2005 they did an extensive European tour. Their world premiere at the

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was filmed by French filmmaker Jacques Goldstein for a documentary called ''Eclipse''. “Rosa Parks” was written for the African American Civil Rights activist who died a month before the concert. “DeJohnette” was written for the drummer who inspired Smith to form his Golden Quartet. The final two songs, “Caravan of Winter” and “Tabligh”, were written as part of a collection of 11 compositions for a cross-cultural collaborative project commissioned by the Islamic World Initiative and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.Wadada Leo Smith
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Reception

In his review for

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, Thom Jurek states "Smith, in his sixties, is not only as inventive and adventurous as he was when he was a younger player, but his creativity and ability to direct a band into new territory is actually farther reaching than ever before. This is brilliant work." The

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review by Troy Collins says "The expansive set reveals the quartet's versatility, ranging from atmospheric ballads and searing electronic melt-downs to spacious aleatoric detours and fragmentary collective improvisations."Collins, Troy
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In another review for

Nic Jones states "Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has always carved out his own territory in the music and ''Tabligh'' is one of the best realizations of his work on record."Jones, Nick
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'' review by James Hale notes that "''Tabligh'' is defined by Jackson’s muscular energy."Hale, James. ''Taligh'' review. ''Down Beat'' September 08: page 77. Print. In his review for ''

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'', Steve Greenlee states "To say the new lineup is powerful would be a huge understatement. Smith elicits a symphony of sounds from his trumpet."Greenlee, Steve
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'' review by Will Layman describes the music as "lyrical and atmospheric, featuring both wide-open spaces and a heaping dose of pleasing melody." In a review for Bagatellen, Clifford Allen says that "''Tabligh'' is an album that should be on the shelf of anyone with an interest in the past eighty-odd years of trumpet improvisation."Allen, Clifford
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at Bagatellen The Point of Departure review by Ed Hazell notes that "the band is as comfortable and attuned to Smith’s compositions as any band he’s ever led; the music is lively, even explosive at times, yet still exquisitely balanced."Hazell, Ed

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Track listing

:''All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith'' # "Rosa Parks" - 16:14 # "DeJohnette" - 12:53 # "Caravan of Winter" - 8:36 # "Tabligh" - 24:34

Personnel

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

* John Lindberg -

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References

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