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Wadada Leo Smith
Tao-Njia
Album US 1996 on Tzadik label
Jazz (Contemporary Jazz)
Tracks 1,8 recorded on 17 November 1995 at Capital Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA. Tracks 2 to 7 recorded on 14 December 1995 at CalArts Studio, Valencia, CA. Track 1 dedicated to Lucius G. Smith and Toru Takemitsu. Track 8 dedicated to Harumi Makino Smith. The musicians on track 8 are collectively known as the California E.A.R. Unit and Guests.
Musicians
 | Wadada Leo Smith tr, *1941 US producer, composed by, album by, trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, bamboo, bells, indian low bell, japanese high bell, performer, monophony-bar, flugelhorn, trumpet, harmon mute, rattle, axatse, flute, nohkan, trumpet, straight mute, performer, pre-recorded solo mbira music, trumpet, solo |
 | David Philipson fl, frame drum, drums, two low, bansuri, temple bells, tibetan, bansuri, rattle, axatse |
 | Mika Noda , vibraphone, timpani, bells, tubular, timpani, vibraphone, bells, tubular |
 | Harumi Makino Smith voc, voice, poetry |
 | Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick vc, voc, cello |
 | Martin Walker b, voc, clarinet, bass clarinet |
 | Stephen Mosko , 1947-2005 US conductor |
 | The California E.A.R. Unit , ensemble |
 | Dorothy Stone fl, 1958-2008 US flute, alto flute, piccolo flute, piccolo |
 | Vicki Ray p, US piano, celesta |
 | Robin Lorentz vn, US violin |
Producers
| John Zorn executive-producer |
| David Newgarden executive-producer, associate |
| Kazunori Sugiyama executive-producer, associate |
| Allan Tucker mastered by |
| Leslie Ann Jones recorded by |
| Tom Erbe recorded by, mixed by |
Composers
| Wadada Leo Smith |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Another Wave More Waves | Wadada Leo Smith | 9:30 | |
| 2 | | Double Thunderbolt: Memorial For Don Cherry | Wadada Leo Smith | 12:14 | |
| 3 | Double Thunderbolt From Elephantasy To The Inergy Of Cherryco | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
| 4 | Symphony For Improvisers | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
| 5 | Sun Lion's Dance | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
| 6 | Six Whales, The Sea And A Big Sky Rainbow Sphinx | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
| 7 | Symphony For Improvisers | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
| 8 | A Falcon Ascends In A Moonbow Lightbeam | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
| 9 | - | Wadada Leo Smith | |||
| 10 | Tao-Njia | Wadada Leo Smith | 21:16 |
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