Red Sulphur Sky

Red Sulphur Sky
Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith
Released	2001
Recorded	April 14, 2001
Studio	Killzone Music, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:28
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Wadada Leo Smith & Harumi Makino Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Golden Quartet (2000) Red Sulphur Sky (2001) The Year of the Elephant (2002)

Red Sulphur Sky is a solo album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith which was recorded in 2001 and released on Tzadik Records.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]
Tom Hull	B+[5]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek notes "Smith offers an album full of warmth and humor that is genuinely accessible."^[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "This is a devastatingly beautiful recital, calling on all of Smith's technique as well as his wonderfully poetic musical personality."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith

1. "Red Sulphur Sky" - 6:12
2. "Evening Glow a Shining Outward" - 4:36
3. "The Medicine Wheel" - 20:34
4. "Afmie: Purity and Poverty" - 21:06

Personnel

• Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn

References

1. Red Sulphur Sky at Wadada Leo Smith
2. "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
3. Jurek, Thom. Wadada Leo Smith - Red Sulphur Sky: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
4. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1362. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.
5. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.