Heart's Reflections is a two-disc studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. The album was released on May 16, 2011 via Cuneiform Records label.[6]
Reception
Glen Hall of Exclaim! stated "Trumpeter Smith wears his love for Miles Davis on his sleeve. And the vibe of Heart's Reflections echoes Electric-era Miles, with wah-wah, electric trumpet, yowling guitars, rock-solid drumming and jangling electric piano. But where Miles' music exuded sexuality, most of Smith's two-CD set is ostensibly dedicated to Sufi saint Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili... Even with a heavy-on-electronics, 14-piece group, Smith's music is consistently focused and expressive.[7]
Phil Johnson of The Independent wrote "The astonishing 20-minute opening track might be called "Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden", but it's the wheedling tone and furious backbeat of the late Miles Davis that veteran free-jazz trumpeter Smith makes you think of most. Four electric guitarists among an ensemble of 14, with two laptop operatives squiggling away. You can argue that nothing on the double-CD quite equals it, or question the context of mystic spirituality, but Smith has made electric jazz sound dangerous again".[8]
Track listing
Disc 1
All tracks are written by Wadada Leo Smith
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden [For Don Cherry]"
20:50
2.
"The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Part I"
2:32
3.
"The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Part II"
6:27
4.
"The Majestic Way"
9:13
5.
"The Shaykh, as far as Humaythira"
7:29
6.
"Spiritual Wayfarers"
6:11
7.
"Certainty"
5:24
8.
"Ritual Purity and Love, Part I"
3:25
9.
"Ritual Purity and Love, Part II"
2:32
Disc 2
All tracks are written by Wadada Leo Smith
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Silsila"
5:34
2.
"The Well: From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Part I"
6:13
3.
"The Well: From Bitter to Fresh Sweet Water, Part II"
5:02
4.
"Toni Morrison: The Black Hole (Sagittarius A*), Conscience and Epic Memory (For Toni Morrison)"
