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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Celestial Weather
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Wadada Leo Smith]]
| cover      = Celestial Weather cover.jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = 2015
| recorded   = June 16, 2012
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Sear Sound]], New York City
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 62:21
| label      = TUM
| producer   = Petri Haussila
| chronology = [[Wadada Leo Smith]]
| prev_title = [[June 6th 2013]]
| prev_year  = 2015
| next_title = [[A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke ]]
| next_year  = 2016
}}
'''''Celestial Weather''''' is an album by American jazz trumpeter [[Wadada Leo Smith]] and bassist [[John Lindberg (jazz musician)|John Lindberg]], which was recorded in 2012 and released on the Finnish TUM label. Although they have played together as a duo over the years, this album is their first duo recording.<ref name="Notes">Original Liner Notes by Wadada Leo Smith</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[The Absolute Sound]]''
| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=Derk |title=Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg Celestial Weather |url=http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/wadada-leo-smith-john-lindberg-celestial-weather/ |website=[[The Absolute Sound]] |accessdate=28 June 2018 |date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[All About Jazz]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=McClenaghan |first1=Dan |title=Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg: Celestial Weather |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/celestial-weather-wadada-leo-smith-and-john-lindberg-tum-records-review-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php |website=[[All About Jazz]] |accessdate=28 June 2018 |date=November 23, 2015}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Down Beat]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="DownBeat"/>
| rev4 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]
| rev4score = B+<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Wadada Leo Smith |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=wadada+leo+smith |publisher=[[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]] |accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref>
}}
In a review for ''[[Down Beat]]'', Jim Macnie says about the duo "You can hear their unity in the heady banter of these three discrete suites. Each is a cascade of curt phrases that manage to solidify as they align with those of their mate."<ref name="DownBeat">Macnie, Jim. ''Celestial Weather'' review. ''Down Beat'' March 16: page 52. Print.</ref>
The [[All About Jazz]] review by Dan McLenaghan notes, "With ''Celestial Weather'', Smith and Lindberg employ a spare, conversational approach.. It is music that is reflective and serene."<ref name="AAJ">McLenaghan, Dan. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/celestial-weather-wadada-leo-smith-and-john-lindberg-tum-records-review-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php ''Celestial Weather'' review] at [[All About Jazz]]</ref>
The ''[[JazzTimes]]'' review by Bill Beuttler states, "The result, though less extravagant than Smith’s Pulitzer-nominated, four-CD ''[[Ten Freedom Summers]]'' and subsequent two-CD ''[[The Great Lakes Suites]]'', is a worthy addition to those recent landmarks that documents the two men’s exceptional rapport."<ref name="JazzTimes">Beuttler, Bill. [https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/wadada-leo-smith-john-lindberg-celestial-weather/ ''Celestial Weather'' review] at ''[[JazzTimes]]''</ref>
The Point of Departure review by Chris Robinson says, "''Celestial Weather'' is one long series of in-depth conversations, where each man carefully listens to his friend and responds in kind with care and generosity. It can be a difficult listen, as it is extremely nuanced, contains a great deal of information, and requires as much attention as any music can. While some may bristle at its difficulty and the continual abstraction, it rewards and edifies as all great art does."<ref name="PoD">Robinson, Chris. [http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD54/PoD54MoreMoments4.html ''Celestial Weather'' review] at Point of Departure</ref>
==Track listing==
Malachi Favors Maghostut - A Monarch of Creative Music (Wadada Leo Smith)
# "Part I" - 7:15
# "Part II" - 9:49
Celestial Weather Suite (Wadada Leo Smith and John Lindberg)
#<li value="3"> "Cyclone" - 5:27
#<li value="4"> "Hurricane" - 7:20
#<li value="5"> "Icy Fog" - 8:19
#<li value="6"> "Typhoon" - 3:31
#<li value="7"> "Tornado" - 9:20
Feathers and Earth (John Lindberg)
#<li value="8"> "Part I" - 7:15
#<li value="9"> "Part II" - 4:05
==Personnel==
*[[Wadada Leo Smith]] - [[trumpet]]
*[[John Lindberg (jazz musician)|John Lindberg]] - [[double bass]]
==References==
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