Snakish

Snakish
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 2005
Recorded2003–2004
StudioZerkall, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length47:36
LabelLeo Records CD LR 435
ProducerLeo Feigin, Mark Nauseef, Miroslav Tadic, Walter Quintus
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace
(2004)
Snakish
(2005)
Compassion
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Snakish is a studio album by jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith recorded with Walter Quintus, Katya Quintus, Miroslav Tadić, and Mark Nauseef. The record was released on August 23, 2005 via Leo label. The album contains 15 short compositions written by bandmembers. The official catalogue explains that "this music can be a hint of what Miles Davis might have achieved in his later years had he been able to rise above the banalities of rock and jazz fusion".