Light Upon Light
Studio album by Wadada Leo Smith
Released	1999
Studio	Capital Recording,Los Angeles, CalArts,Valencia, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:17
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Condor, Autumn Wind (1998) Light Upon Light (1999) Reflectativity (2000)

Light Upon Light is a studio album by American jazz trumpeterWadada Leo Smith which was released in 1999 on theTzadik Records' Composer Series.^[1][2][3] The album includes a composition for chamber ensemble and gamelan quartet, a solo piece for viola, a bass concerto written forBert Turetzky and two electronic pieces.^[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]

In her review forAllMusic, Joslyn Layne states "Wadada Leo Smith's second recording for the Tzadik label,Light Upon Light, is more spacious and a little colder than his first,Tao-Njia."^[5]

All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith.

1. "Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees" - 15:33
2. "Hetep: Serenity: Tranquility 2" - 8:05
3. "Multiamerica" - 10:27
4. "Nur: Luminous, Light Upon Light" - 14:01
5. "A Thousand Cranes: A Memorial for Amir Hamzehi" - 4:11

Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees

• Stephen "Lucky" Mosko –conductor
• Dorothy Stone –piccolo flute,alto flute
• Martin Walker –clarinet,bass clarinet
• Arthur Jarvinen –vibraphone, Tibetan temple bells, hi-hat cymbale-sets,axatse, large bass drum
• Vicki Ray –piano
• Robin Lorentz –violin
• Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick –cello
• I. Nyoman Wenten – gender barung
• Joh Parsons – gender panembung
• I. Wayhan Budha –kempul, gong ageng
• Wadada Leo Smith –kenong

Hetep Serenity Tranquility 2

• Karen Elaine Bakunin –viola

Multiamerica

• Wadada Leo Smith –trumpet
• Mark Trayle – electronics
• Harumi Makino Smith –poetry

Nur Luminous, Light Upon Light

• David Rosenboom –conductor
• Bertram Turetzky –double bass
• Dorothy Stone –piccolo,alto flute
• Allen Vogel –oboe
• Bill Powell –clarinet,bass clarinet
• Arthur Jarvinen –marimba
• Vicki Ray –celesta
• Brian Pezzone –harmonium
• Robin Lorentz –violin
• Karen Elaine Bakunin –viola
• Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick –cello

A Thousand Cranes A Memorial for Amir Hamzehi

• Wadada Leo Smith –trumpet
• Mark Trayle – electronics

• 1999 albums
• Wadada Leo Smith albums
• Tzadik Records albums

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