Wadada Leo Smith Concert History

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (18 December 1941 in Leland, Mississippi) is a trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation. He started out playing drums, mellophone and French horn before he settled on the trumpet. He played in various rhythm-n-blues groups and by 1967 became a member of the AACM and co-founded the Creative Construction Company, a trio with Leroy Jenkins and Anthony Braxton. In 1971 Smith formed his own label, Kabell.

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Wadada Leo Smith Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 10, 2026 –
Jul 12, 2026
Upcoming
Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith

North Sea Jazz Fest 2026

Madeira Stage Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
May 07, 2026
Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith Paine Hall, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 07, 2025
Sylvie Courvoisier / Wadada Leo Smith / Mary Halvorson Roulette New York, New York, United States
Jun 28, 2025
Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith / Gary Bartz

Festival International de Jazz De Montreal

Le Gesù Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mar 30, 2025
Wadada Leo Smith

Big Ears Festival

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The Mill & Mine Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 29, 2025
Wadada Leo Smith

Big Ears Festival

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Bijou Theatre Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Jan 10, 2025
NYC Winter Jazzfest
Jakob Bro / Henry Threadgill / Linda May Han Oh / Ambrose Akinmusire / Tyshawn Sorey / Wadada Leo Smith / Vijay Iyer
Performance Space New York - Keith Haring Theater New York, New York, United States
Dec 04, 2024
Wadada Leo Smith Roulette New York, New York, United States
Nov 18, 2024
Wadada Leo Smith
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St Paul's Hall Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom
Nov 08, 2024
Darkside / Actress / Wadada Leo Smith / Lustsickpuppy / Shards / Asher Gamedze

Le Guess Who? - Vrijdag

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TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 07, 2024 –
Nov 10, 2024
Le Guess Who? 2024
Yaya Bey / Darkside / Meshell Ndegeocello (fka Me'Shell NdegéOcello) / Chuck Strangers / Tropical Fuck Storm / AROOJ AFTAB / Kim Gordon / Scientist / Theo Parrish / Discovery Zone / Wu-Lu / Tucker Zimmerman / Lionmilk / Lustsickpuppy / Mabe Fratti / Bo Ningen / Demdike Stare / Rafael Anton Irisarri / Israel Fernandez / GNOD / Gaika / SHO MADJOZI / Adrian Sherwood / Still House Plants / Bedouin Burger / Abul Mogard / Florence Sinclair / KMRU / Coby Sey / Brian Jackson / Nick Leon / DJ Lag / Nazar / RP Boo / Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto / Waajeed / The Messthetics / Shabjdeed / ZSELA / Party Dozen / Eli Keszler / Al Nather / Lafawndah / Couch Slut / Abyusif / LYZZA / Elucid / Luzmila Carpio / Aja Monet / Myriam Gendron / Creation Rebel / Noura Mint Seymali / Wadada Leo Smith / Dawuna / HiTech (US) / James Brandon Lewis / Klara Lewis / Nídia / Blackhaine / King Jammy / James Massiah / The Growth Eternal / Jowee Omicil / Rafael Toral / otay:onii / Kelman Duran / Nadah El Shazly / Po / Kabeaushé / Alex Zhang Hungtai / Merope / Tashi Wada / Patrick Shiroishi / Maurice Louca / Mia Koden / Angry BlackMen / Dj Babatr / Raphael Rogiński / Kalia Vandever / Sex Swing / Aba Shanti-i / Asher Gamedze / Crystallmess / Ale Hop / Lamin Fofana / Military Genius / Sheherazaad / Water Damage / Lunch Money Life / Blanco Teta / Lord Spikeheart / Fuensanta / Kevin Richard Martin / Nik Colk Void / 3Phaz / Astrønne / Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti / Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra / Concepción Huerta / GAISTER / Sonic Interventions / Hyper gal / Erika Angell / Germán Bringas / Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė / MSYLMA / Haossaa / Liliane Chlela / Maya Al Khaldi / Cinna Peyghamy / Ex Easter Island Head / White Boy Scream / The Body & Dis Fig / Nooriyah / FYEAR / frank rosaly / Yuka C Honda / Gibrana Cervantes / 食品まつり aka Foodman / Phantom Orchard / Sandy Chamoun / Kahil El'zabar's Heritage Ensemble / Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou / Ill Japonia / Shards (Choir) / Hizbut Jamm / afromerm / Pedro Maia / Covco / Acidic Male / Sarouna / greetje bijma & oceanic / Rebecca Salvadori / VULVA (NL) / M. Takara & Carla Boregas / Akihide Monna (BO NINGEN) / Kayhan Kalhor + Erdal Erzincan / Olivia Salvadori / Alex Rita / Yuki Tsujii / livwutang / Tarik Barri / Retro Cassetta / Helen Papaioannou / DJ Lynnee Denise / Richard Akingbehin / Titanic / Actress / Christmas in Mourning (Sary Moussa, Abed Kobeissy, and Laurence Sammour) / Bela / Gorgonn / Israel Fernández, Lela Soto & Frente Abierto / Sary Moussa / Annie and the Caldwells Show all bands
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TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Nov 11, 2023
Jakob Bro / Joe Lovano / Midori Takada / Wadada Leo Smith / Marilyn Crispell / Andrew Cyrille Carnegie Hall New York, New York, United States
Apr 02, 2023
Wadada Leo Smith

Big Ears Festival

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Bijou Theatre Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Nov 15, 2022
Sylvie Courvoisier / Christian Fennesz / Wadada Leo Smith / Nate Wooley / Drew Gress / Kenny Wolleson Roulette Intermedium New York, New York, United States
Nov 03, 2022
Wadada Leo Smith Roulette New York, New York, United States
Sep 18, 2022
Wadada Leo Smith Roulette New York, New York, United States
Jun 21, 2022
Wadada Leo Smith

The Vision Festival

Roulette New York, New York, United States
Oct 16, 2021
Wadada Leo Smith

Other Minds Festival: Moment's Notice

The Wilsey Center's Taube Atrium Theater San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
Nov 26, 2019
Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Nov 02, 2019
Jack DeJohnette / Vijay Iyer / Meredith Monk / Joe Lovano / Craig Taborn / Ravi Coltrane / Bill Frisell / Nik Bärtsch / Larry Grenadier / Wadada Leo Smith / Anja Lechner / Ethan Iverson / Enrico Rava / Egberto Gismonti Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, New York, United States

Genres:

United States
Jazz
Avant-Garde
Free Jazz
Contemporary Jazz
Experimental Jazz
Avant-Garde Jazz
Jazz And Blues
Free Improvisation
Ambient Jazz
Trumpet
Jazz Trumpet
Tzadik
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Latest Setlist (03/30/2025):

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  1. Symphony No. 1, Fall (Ankhrasmation Music)
  2. Fire Illuminations 1
  3. Fire Illuminations 2
  4. Barack Hussein Obama at Selma: The Bridge of Transformation

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 2 concerts
2025 5 concerts
2024 4 concerts
2023 2 concerts
2022 4 concerts
2021 1 concert
2019 10 concerts
2018 6 concerts
2017 8 concerts
2016 5 concerts
2014 2 concerts
2013 1 concert
2012 2 concerts
2011 2 concerts
2010 2 concerts
2006 1 concert
1984 1 concert

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