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Art Ensemble of Chicago, Federica Michisanti and other great new releases

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU | Mondo Jazz
November 13, 2018
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Sometime ago everybody kept saying that the CD was dead. Judging by the growing number of new records that keep coming out at an increasing pace, the CD is still alive and kicking! Intrestgingly, as the number of new jazz albums continues to grow, this has not been at the expense of the average quality of the new album.

This week we'll go through a heap of spectacular new releases, with a special emphasis on albums featuring piano and saxophone, and an ecstatic sampling of The Art Ensemble Of Chicago & Associated Ensembles, the definitive 21 CD set which is about to be relased by ECM to mark the 50th anniversary of both the German label and of the legendary Art Ensemble Of Chicago.

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Jane Ira Bloom "Big Bill" from Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline) 0:17
Host talks 5:20
The Art Ensemble of Chicago "Charlie M" from Full Force (ECM) 7:55
Don Byron & Aruán Ortiz "Delphian Nuptials" from Random Dances and (A)tonalities (Intakt) 17:06
Aaron Goldberg "Poinciana" from At the Edge of the World (Sunnyside) 21:38
Host talks 27:17
John Medeski's Mad Skillet "Invincible Bubble" from Mad Skillet (Indirecto) 29:42
Ben Wendel "November" from The Seasons (Motema) 36:18
Kenny Werner "Fifth Movement" from The Space (Pirouet) 42:42
Host talks 48:38
Devin Gray "Congruently" from Dirigo Rataplan (Rataplan) 51:07
Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet "That Was Then" from Time like This (Intakt) 54:30
Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni, Mark Solborg "May Be Simple" from Foil (ILK Music) 1:00:08
Host talks 1:06:32
Florian Weber, Ralph Alessi, Linda May Han Oh Nasheet Waits "Time Horizon" from Lucent Waters (ECM) 1:08:29
Steve Kuhn Trio "Thinking Out Loud" from To and from the Heart (Sunnyside) 1:12:25
Federica Michisanti Horn Trio "Courtyard" from Silent Rides (Filibusta) 1:20:09
Host talks 1:24:38
Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Laurent David, Malcolm Braff , Stéphane Galland "New Neighborhood" from Sjihin (Music Box) 1:27:11
Jerome Sabbagh & Greg Tuohey "You Are (My Mind" from No Filter (Sunnyside) 1:33:07
Host talks 1:39:29
Abstract Orchestra "Madmix 2" from Madvillain, Vol. 1 (ATA) 1:40:52
Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life "Timing" from People of the Sun (Blue Note) 1:49:20
Host talks 1:54:45
Jonathan Finlayson "Refined Strut" from 3 Times Round (Pi) 1:57:47