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Art Ensemble of Chicago: Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at Iridium

Read "Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at Iridium" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
July 31, 2006

It seemed that the tireless Art Ensemble of Chicago might have reached its denouement with the passing of Malachi Favors in 2004. Coupled with Favors' demise, Lester Bowie's death in 1999, six years after Joseph Jarman first resigned, seemed prophetic. Undaunted, the remaining original members soldiered on, and for the first time in their history, they ...

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Art Ensemble of Chicago: Chi-Congo

Read "Chi-Congo" reviewed by Rex Butters

by Rex Butters
May 11, 2006

The reissue of Chi-Congo fills a very big hole in the active Art Ensemble discography. Since the mid-1970 recording, these sessions have seen light on at least five other labels in different formats. Released between Certain Blacks and Live on Affinity, Chi-Congo introduces Famoudou Don Moye as the group's permanent percussionist. “We moved towards the direction ...

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Art Ensemble of Chicago

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 10, 2006

Piacenza Jazz Fest Teatro President - Piacenza - 25.03.2006 Chi pensava di assistere ad un sorta di autocelebrazione del mito o a qualche sortita ad effetto per ingraziarsi facilmente le simpatie del pubblico sarà rimasto spiazzato. La straordinaria forza dell'Art Ensemble of Chicago risiede infatti nella ferma volontà di suonare liberamente la propria musica, di seguire ...

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Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Sirius Calling

by Mark Corroto
January 2, 2005

If you want a very accessible introduction to the music of Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sirius Calling is a great place to start. If you are a long time follower, it won't disappoint. The fourteen songs presented here are short in length, half clocking in at less then four minutes. Enough music to fill the 65 ...

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Kabalaba

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Label: AECO
Released: 2004
Track listing: Kabalaba-Bees; Interlude; Kaba Song; Interlude; Theme for SCO; Duo; Sun Precondition One; Interlude; Improvisation A2; Mal's Delight; Kabalaba Speaks.

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Sirius Calling

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2004
Track listing: Sirius Calling, Come On Y'all; Two-Twenty; He Took A Cab To Neptune; Everyday's A Perfect Day; Till Autumn; Dance Of Circles; Cruising With JJ; You Can't Get Away; Taiko; There's A Message For You; Slow Tenor A Bass; Voyage; The Council.

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Art Ensemble of Chicago: Kabalaba

by Rex Butters
November 3, 2004

With the recent passings of founding members Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors Maghostut, Art Ensemble of Chicago's reissues take on new resonance. With 1974's Kabalaba , the Art Ensemble performs with Muhal Richard Abrams at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival before an apparently appreciative and enthusiastic audience. With the elder musician present, the Art Ensemble more ...

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The Meeting

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2003
Track listing: Hail We Now Sing Joy; It

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Tribute to Lester

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Sangredi (7:43) / Suite for Lester (5:22) / Zero-Alternate Line (9:16) / Tutankamen (8:10) / As Clear as the Sun (12:41) / He Speaks to Me Often in Dreams (13:52).

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Art Ensemble of Chicago: Tribute to Lester

Read "Tribute to Lester" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
October 16, 2003

It's ironic that the longstanding Art Ensemble of Chicago, reduced here to a trio by the passing of trumpeter Lester Bowie, can have such an expansive sound. It's not just that these musicians work with several instruments each, or that these pieces span the range from meditative music to swing to free bop and the wild ...