Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (18 December 1941 in Leland, Mississippi) is a trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation. He started out playing drums, mellophone and French horn before he settled on the trumpet. He played in various rhythm-n-blues groups and by 1967 became a member of the AACM and co-founded the Creative Construction Company, a trio with Leroy Jenkins and Anthony Braxton. In 1971 Smith formed his own label, Kabell.
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Wadada Leo Smith has had 14 concerts.
Wadada Leo Smith is most often considered to be United States, Jazz, Avant-Garde, Contemporary Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz And Blues, Jazz Trumpet, Free Improvisation, Trumpet, and Tzadik.
The last Wadada Leo Smith concert was on November 07, 2024 at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. The bands that performed were: Darkside / Meshell Ndegeocello / Tropical Fuck Storm / Kim Gordon / AROOJ AFTAB / Theo Parrish / Bo Ningen / Demdike Stare / Discovery Zone / Lustsickpuppy / Lionmilk / Israel Fernandez / Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto / RP Boo / Nazar / Elucid / Mabe Fratti / Still House Plants / KMRU / Lafawndah / The Messthetics / Shabjdeed / Al Nather / Eli Keszler / Bedouin Burger / Noura Mint Seymali / Luzmila Carpio / ZSELA / Wadada Leo Smith / Aja Monet / Klara Lewis / King Jammy / James Brandon Lewis / Alex Zhang Hungtai / Dawuna / Blackhaine / Aba Shanti-i / otay:onii / The Growth Eternal / Angry BlackMen / Rafael Toral / Kalia Vandever / Patrick Shiroishi / Asher Gamedze / Lunch Money Life / Crystallmess / Kevin Richard Martin / Nik Colk Void / Military Genius / Fuensanta / Tashi Wada / Blanco Teta / Mia Koden / Lord Spikeheart / Raphael Rogiński / Sheherazaad / Water Damage / Astrønne / Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė / Concepción Huerta / Germán Bringas / Erika Angell / Nooriyah / White Boy Scream / Liliane Chlela / 食品まつり aka Foodman / Yuka C Honda / Maya Al Khaldi / Kahil El'zabar's Heritage Ensemble / Phantom Orchard / Hyper gal / Shards (Choir) / Pedro Maia / The Body & Dis Fig / Covco / Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou / Gibrana Cervantes / Ill Japonia / Cinna Peyghamy / Hizbut Jamm / livwutang / M. Takara & Carla Boregas / HiTech (US) / GAISTER / Alex Rita / Sarouna / Richard Akingbehin / Rebecca Salvadori / Helen Papaioannou / Yuki Tsujii / DJ Lynnee Denise / Actress / Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra / Couch Slut / Ex-easter Island Head / FYEAR / Frente Abierto / Gorgonn & Utku Önal / Kabeaushé / Nick León / Party Dozen / Pö / Shabjdeed & Al Nather / SHO MADJOZI / Wu-Lu / Yaya Bey / Elias Rønnenfelt / Ale Hop / Haossaa / Myriam Gendron / Sex Swing / Chela / jespfur.
