Heart's Reflections
# Heart's Reflections

Professional ratings :

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| Tom Hull | A− |

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.

## 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.

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".

## Track listing

Disc 1

All tracks are written by Wadada Leo Smith.

Disc 2

All tracks are written by Wadada Leo Smith.

## Personnel

* Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet
* Pheeroan akLaff – drums, soloist
* Casey Anderson – sax (alto)
* Charlie Burgin – laptop, soloist
* Casey Butler – sax (tenor)
* Josh Gerowitz – guitar (electric), soloist
* Michael Gregory Jackson – guitar (electric), mixing, producer, soloist
* John Lindberg – bass (acoustic), soloist
* Brandon Ross – guitar (electric), soloist
* Angelica Sanchez – piano, soloist, Wurlitzer piano
* Lamar Smith – guitar (electric)
* Stephanie Smith – soloist, violin
* Skúli Sverrisson – six-string bass, bass (electric), soloist
* Mark Trayle – laptop, soloist
