For those unaware, the brand new album Central Park’s Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens is a remarkable convergence of two kindred musical spirits -trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith and newly minted NEA Jazz Master pianist and organist Amina Claudine Myers.

This extraordinary collaboration marks the master musicians’ first recorded collaboration, resulting in one of the most anticipated releases of the year. The album is a testament to the enduring power of artistic connection and the evolution of musical mastery.

1. Conservatory Gardens (9:02)
2. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir (1:52)
3. Central Park at Sunset (5:17)
4. When Was (5:33)
5. The Harlem Meer (3:07)
6. Albert Ayler, a Meditation in Light (6:30)
7. Imagine, a mosaic for John Lennon (5:06)

This brand new recording opens on the hauntingly ethereal Conservatory Gardens and then we get the veritably shimmering Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, the languishing, yet sculpted beauty found within Central Park at Sunset, the strident When Was, the cinematic The Harlem Meer, the album closing on the vibrantly skewed, yet at all times dulcet Albert Ayler, a Meditation in Light, closing on the impassioned Imagine, a mosaic for John Lennon.

Musicians:
Wadada Leo Smith: trumpet
Amina Claudine Myers: piano / Hammond B3

www.wadadaleosmith.com

www.aminaclaudinemyers.com