title: Light Upon Light (album)
text: # Light Upon Light (album)
  
  Light Upon Light is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith which was released in 1999 on the Tzadik Records' Composer Series. The album includes a composition for chamber ensemble and gamelan quartet, a solo piece for viola, a bass concerto written for Bert Turetzky and two electronic pieces.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  In her review for AllMusic, 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."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith.
  
  * "Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees" - 15:33
  * "Hetep: Serenity: Tranquility 2" - 8:05
  * "Multiamerica" - 10:27
  * "Nur: Luminous, Light Upon Light" - 14:01
  * "A Thousand Cranes: A Memorial for Amir Hamzehi" - 4:11
  
  ## Personnel
  
  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
  