Leo Smith – Divine Love

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Divine Love is an album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, recorded in September 1978 and released on ECM the following year.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.

Track listing:
All compositions by Leo Smith
“Divine Love” – 21:47
“Tastalun” – 6:38
“Spirituals: Language of Love” – 15:28

Personnel:
Leo Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn, gong, percussion
Dwight Andrews – alto flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, triangles, mbira
Bobby Naughton – vibraharp, marimba, bells
Lester Bowie, Kenny Wheeler – trumpet (track 2)
Charlie Haden – bass (track 3)

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Released: 1979
Recorded: September 1978
Studio: Tonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
Length: 45:53
Label: ECM 1143
Producer: Manfred Eicher