Composer and performer Wadada Leo Smith became a formidable presence in the free jazz scene of the late 1960s, when he developed Ankhrasmation—an improvisational musical framework describing not what to play, but how and when to play it. After relocating to Southern California in 1993, his scores became more visual, expanding his use of color and repertoire of signs, as seen in Made in L.A. 2016. This development from score to drawing confirms what Ankhrasmation has been all along: a meditation

Emperor Wadada Live On Stage