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Article: Album Review

Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse: Cries From Tha Ghetto

Read "Cries From Tha Ghetto" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
May 24, 2009

Trumpet player Corey Wilkes was just 24 when saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell recruited him to join the Art Ensemble of Chicago in 2003, four years after Lester Bowie's passing. Since then he has demonstrated remarkable technical and creative ability, serving as a sideman in James Carter's Quintet, Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra ...

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News: Award / Grant

Philadelphia Music Project Announces 2009 Grant Awards

April 21, 2009

Support from the Philadelphia Music Project brings 118 Events to the Philadelphia region Nineteen local music organizations receive almost $1.2 million in funding Philadelphia, PA -- The Philadelphia Music Project (PMP), a program of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, has awarded $1,179,675 to 19 local music organizations in support of 118 concerts and residency ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Marilyn Crispell: Uncompromising Power and Grace

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
March 20, 2009

Her notes crash like waves at sea on a stormy winter's night; they gently float and slowly fall like early morning mist; yet it's the silence--the silence between the notes--which provides the haunting poetic beauty that is the music of pianist Marilyn Crispell.Lloyd Peterson: Is there a decrease in listeners for creative music today?

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Article: Interview

Alex Cline: Free-Spirited Drummer

by R.J. DeLuke
March 9, 2009

West coast drummer/percussionist Alex Cline is a sensitive player with a strong feel for interesting harmonies, shifting voices and changing moods when he writes music. It's a sensitivity not usually associated with drummers. But what's inside Cline, and comes through in his music, is from an artist and a musician, not merely a drummer. ...

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Les Stances A Sophie

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Label: Soul Jazz Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Theme De Yoyo; Theme De Celine; Variations Sur Un Theme De Monteverdi i; Variations Sur Un Theme De Monteverdi ii; Proverbes i; Theme Amour Universal; Theme Libre; Proverbes ii.

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Article: Album Review

Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Les Stances A Sophie

Read "Les Stances A Sophie" reviewed by Marcus O'Dair

by Marcus O'Dair
December 23, 2008

They formed, of course, in the American city that constitutes part of their band moniker. But this 1970 album by the Art Ensemble Of Chicago, re-released on Soul Jazz, was in fact recorded in Paris, the four main AEOC members having formed part of the late '60s exodus that also brought to France Archie Shepp, Don ...

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Non-cognitive Aspects of The City

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD 1 1. Song for My Sister - 17:00; 2. The Morning Mist (AEOC) - 06:47; 3. Song for Charles - 08:52; 4. On The Mountain (AEOC) - 19:25; 5. Big Red Peaches - 07:34; 6. Odwalla - 05:21. CD 2 1. Erika - 19:59; 2. Malachi - 09:01; 3. The J Song (J. Jarman) - 11:46; 4. Red Sand Green Water (AEOC) - 14:28; 5. Slow Tenor and Bass - 02:27; 6. Odwalla - 03:59. Tutte le composizioni sono di R. Mitchell, salvo dove indicato.

Article: Album Review

Art Ensemble of Chicago: Non-cognitive Aspects of The City

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 16, 2007

La creatività e la motivazione dell'AEOC ebbero un periodo di declino dapprima a seguito dell'abbandono da parte di Jarman, nel 1994, e poi della morte di Lester Bowie avvenuta alla fine del 1999. La scomparsa di Malachi Favors, nonostante che nel frattempo fosse rientrato Jarman, sembrava aver decretato la definitiva fine dello storico gruppo. Al contrario ...

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Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at Iridium

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2006
Track listing: Disc One: Song For My Sister; The Morning Mist; Song For Charles; On The Mountain; Big Red Peaches; Odwalla. Disc Two: Erika; Malachi; The J Song; Red Sand Green Water; Slow Tenor And Bass; Odwalla.

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