Given the question: Facts:   - instrument: trumpet , flugelhorn , koto , kalimba , atenteben    - website: http://www.wadadaleosmith.com/    - caption: photo by tom beetz    - genre: avant-garde jazz , free improvisation      - birth date: 18 december 1941    - name: wadada leo smith    - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist    - image: wadada leo smith.jpg    - birth place: leland , mississippi , united states    - associated acts: creative construction company , new dalta ahkri    - occupation: trumpeter , composer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of wadada leo smith .
The answer is:
ishmael wadada leo smith -lrb- born december 18 , 1941 -rrb- is an american trumpeter and composer , working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation .he was one of three finalists for the 2013 pulitzer prize for music for `` ten freedom summers '' , released on may 22 , 2012 .