The Great Litany, Part 1 The Opening from Trumpet (TUM, 2021)

Movement 2 "Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr." String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (TUM Records 2022)

Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers: Conservatory Gardens Central Park‘s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook Records 2024)

Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith: Floating River Requiem (for Patrice Lumumba) from Defiant Life (ECM Records 2025)

Sylvie Courvoisier & Wadada Leo Smith Olo'Upnea and Lightning from Angel Falls (Intakt Records 2025)

My conversation with the great singular artist Wadada Leo Smith (photo credit Jimmy Katz) originally broadcast on Something Else on KBGA Missoula September 23 2025. 

We discuss Wadada's definition and importance of the artist in society, about courage and inspiration, and details about Wadada's recent records with Amina Claudine Myers, Vijay Iyer and Sylvie Courvoisier. It was such an honor to have this conversation and I look forward to you hearing it. 

Thank you again to Wadada for sharing his time with me to make this conversation possible. 


Angel Falls 

Wadada Leo Smith Interview on Something Else KBGA

Included here are artist interviews featured on my program Something Else live every Wednesday from 8-10pm Mountain on KBGA Missoula and streaming at kbga.org. I focus on creative and improvised music.

Also included here are recordings of some of my own recent projects.

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