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A Fireside Chat With The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
by AAJ Staff
I once read how Sam Rivers heard Billie Holiday and, listening to the anguish in her voice, wept. Jazz can be just that profound because it is history. But along with history comes the inevitable politics and prejudices. Jazz is not beyond such human frailties, but it can be. As exemplified by the Art Ensemble of ...
Art Ensemble of Chicago: After Lester Bowie
by Clifford Allen
After Lester Bowie, renowned trumpeter and regular Art Ensemble of Chicago (AEC) member (daresay frontman) passed away in 1999, there was some question as to what the fate of the group would be. Of course, many lesser groups have folded with fewer catalysts than the death of a major contributor. But continue the group did, as ...
Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Meeting
by Dan McClenaghan
The average jazz listener's evolution into jazz-fan-dom might start in New York with Charlie Parker and Ellington, then fly across country to Los Angeles for Birth of the Cool and Miles Davis and Gerry Mulligan, sticking with the major label offerings based on the two coasts. Chicago (or Madison, Wisconsin today) can slip under the radar ...
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: The Meeting
by Mark Corroto
We speak of the Art Ensemble of Chicago circa 2003 as being in a post-Lester Bowie era. The group's mighty founder and trumpeter passed away in 1999. Meanwhile, this recording and the trio session Tribute To Lester (ECM 2003) have been the only AEC recordings made in this new era. But you may ...
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Tribute to Lester
by Frank Rubolino
It seems like only yesterday when the groundbreaking Art Ensemble of Chicago burst onto the scene as the second wave of free improvisers carrying the torch lighted by Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and others. Their music had infectious qualities that made it impossible to typecast and impossible to ignore. Of course, it wasn’t yesterday but the ...
Rarum: Selected Recordings of the Art Ensemble of Chicago
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Charlie M ('80); Magg Zelma ('80); Rios Negroes ('81); Folkus ('78); Nine
to Get Ready ('97); Prayer for Jimbo Kwesi ('84); Odwalla/Theme ('80);
Nice Guys ('78).
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Rarum: Selected Recordings of the Art Ensemble of Chicago
by AAJ Staff
If there's one thing Chicago brought into the jazz tradition, it's a palpable sense of freedom. Not just in the sense of “free jazz" (which certainly has its own deep roots in the Windy City), but also in the sense of free personal expression. Individuality is a premium export from Chicago, and few groups have brought ...
Live In Milano
Label: Golden Years of New Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1.Tutankhamun 2.Illinstrun 3.A Jackson in Your House
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Live In Milano
by Glenn Astarita
This outing was originally issued as a bootleg LP ( Among the People ) amid some disagreements between the band and the producer, yet all concerns have since made amends as Live In Milano is officially released for the first time. The opening piece, “Tutankhamun," is an eighteen-minute extravaganza featuring Malachi Favors Magoustous's prominently conveyed walking ...
Coming Home Jamaica
Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Grape Escape; Odwalla Theme; Jamaica Farewell; Mama Wants You; Strawberry Mango; Villa Tiamo; Malachi; Lotta Colada.
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