Wadada Leo Smith on the air with Josh Jackson

[Lazaro Vega]

http://www.wbgo.org/thecheckout/raw-tape-wadada-leo-smith-ten-freedom-summers/

[John Litweiler]

His memories of Mississippi make this especially valuable.

[bluesoul]

NYT piece.

[Clunky]

It's good to this piece and Wadada in general getting this level of publicity for what is a major work. I've had the CDs some time now but find it quite difficult to digest given their length.

Edited May 3, 2013 by Clunky

[mjazzg]

It's good to this piece and Wadada in general getting this level of publicity for what is a major work. I've had the CDs some time now but find it quite difficult to digest given their length.

Me too. Keep playing it but never quite warming to it in the way I have to almost every other WLS release. I'll continue to presevere though as it's such a major statement

[Lazaro Vega]

Longer version of the interview:

http://www.wbgo.org/thecheckout/raw-tape-wadada-leo-smith-ten-freedom-summers