Wadada Leo Smith - Constellations and Hemispheres

...Constellations And Hemispheres reintroduces a sense of active adventure to Smith’s work. —DownBeat (lead review)

Among those works that stress his compositional side, this recording is highly recommended... —Jazz Journal

...feels like a unified experiment—mostly stripped down of gloss but still with haunting and transcendent moments to reflect upon. —JazzTrail

...as easy to lose one’s bearings in as it is easy to enjoy — to listen to for the simple purpose of musical pleasure. —Spinal Tapdance

...less interested in giving us conclusions than in creating the conditions under which we might arrive at our own. —Paris-Move

Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
with
Sylvie Courvoisier - piano (tracks 1 & 3)
Marcus Gilmore - drums (tracks 1 & 3)
Bobby Naughton - vibraphone (tracks 2-5)
Lamar Smith - electric guitar (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Bill Laswell - electric bass (tracks 3 & 4)
Melvin Gibbs - electric bass (tracks 3 & 4)
Mauro Refosco - percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Brian Jawara Gray - percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Pheeroan akLaff - drums (tracks 2-5)