America's National Parks

Album by Wadada Leo Smith

America's National Parks is a studio album by American trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, released in 2016. The music blends avant-garde jazz improvisation with contemporary classical and chamber textures, employing spacious, often contemplative compositions that evoke landscapes and represent a continuation of Smith's later-career focus on large-scale, compositionally ambitious projects.

America's National Parks by Wadada Leo Smith - album cover

First released: 14th October 2016

Jazz Classical

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Disc 1

1.
New Orleans: The National Culture Park USA 1718
20:59
2.
Eileen Jackson Southern,1920-2002: A Literary National Park
9:40
3.
Yellowstone: The First National Park and the Spirit of America – The Mountains, Super-Volcano Caldera and Its Ecosystem 1872
12:35

Disc 2

2.
The Mississippi River: Dark and Deep Dreams Flow the River – a National Memorial Park c. 5000 BC
31:07
3.
Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks: The Giant Forest, Great Canyon, Cliffs, Peaks, Waterfalls and Cave Systems 1890
6:46
4.
Yosemite: The Glaciers, the Falls, the Wells and the Valley of Goodwill 1890
15:24