Abbey Road Quartet

Abbey Road Quartet is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith released in 2009 via Treader label.[1][2][3]

Abbey Road Quartet
Studio album by
Wadada Leo Smith
Released2009
RecordedAugust 2008
StudioAbbey Road Studios
GenreJazz
LabelTreader trd014
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Spiritual Dimensions
(2009)		 Abbey Road Quartet
(2009)		 The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer
(2010)

Reception

A reviewer of Soundohm stated "These quartet recordings feature the improvisational skills of trumpeter Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, guitarist John Coxon, keyboard player Pat Thomas and drummer Mark Sanders - an ensemble that convened at Abbey Road Studios last year to commit these five pieces to tape. Wadada takes the lead, perhaps most staunchly reminding you that this is, at heart, a jazz album thanks to his florid, lyrical phrasing. The relationships formed between the instruments are an immediate source of intrigue, forming plenty of complex exchanges, throughout which Coxon - who also assumes a producer's role - puts in some sterling textural work, on 'For Mongezi Feza' laying down precise feedback formations that at times are reminiscent of Thurston Moore's most incisive and restrained outings."[4]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."For Johnny Dyani" 
2."For Ashley Wales" 
3."For Mongezi Feza" 
4."For Grant Green" 
5."For Elton Dean" 

Personnel
  • Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet
  • Mark Sanders – drums
  • John Coxon – electric guitar
  • Pat Thomas – piano, synthesizer

References
  1. "Wadada Leo Smith discography". Jazz Lists. jazzlists.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. "Dusted Reviews". Dusted Magazine. dustedmagazine.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. "Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith – Abbey Road Quartet". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. "Wadada Leo Smith Abbey Road Quartet". Soundohm. soundohm.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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