| LC control no. | n 89601494 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Smith, Wadada Leo, 1941- |
| Variant(s) | Smith, Leo, 1941- Smith, Ismail Wadada Leo, 1941- Smith, Ishmael Wadada Leo, 1941- |
| Birth date | 19411218 |
| Place of birth | Leland (Miss.) |
| Field of activity | Music Jazz Composition (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Trumpet players Composers Jazz musicians |
| Special note | Latest releases (2009) continue use of Wadada Leo Smith rather than Ismail or Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith. |
| Found in | His The Mass on the world [SR] ca. 1980: label (Leo Smith, composition, trumpet, flugelhorn, other instruments) Feather. Encyc. jazz 70s, c1976 (Smith, Leo, b. 12/18/41 in Leland, Miss.) Smith, L. Kulture jazz [SR] p1993: label (Wadada Leo Smith) CMS dir., 1995/96: p. 34 (Smith, Wadada Leo) http://shoko.calarts.edu/faculty (Wadada Leo Smith) Music index: -1985-86 (Smith, Leo) 1987-88- (Smith, Leo (Wadada)) Schwann spectrum, winter 1996-1997 (Smith, Leo; Smith, Wadada Leo) All music guide to jazz, 3rd ed. (Smith, Leo; changed his name to Wadada Leo Smith after becoming a Rastafarian in the 1980's) OCLC database, Feb. 24, 1999 (variants: Leo Smith, in sound recordings recorded or released, and scores, through 1989; Wadada Leo Smith, in all items recorded or released 1991- ) Min Xiao-Fen with six composers, p1998: container (Ismail Wadada Leo Smith) Wikipedia, Mar. 17, 2010 (Wadada Leo Smith; Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith; b. Dec. 18, 1941, Leland, Miss.; trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation) Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith WWW site, Mar. 17, 2010 (Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith; trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser) Smith, W.L. Spiritual dimensions [SR] p2009: label (Wadada Leo Smith) |
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