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The Meeting

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

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

Tactiles

By Liberty Ellman

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Excavation (Ellman) - 5:58 2. Clean Is Rich (Ellman) - 6:38 3. Temporary Aid (Ellman) - 8:08 4. Helios (Ellman) - 7:19 5. Rare Birds (Ellman) - 4:31 6. Body Art (Ellman) - 5:28 7. How Many Texts (Ellman) - 5:21 8. Ultraviolet (Ellman) - 5:09 9. Post Approval (Ellman) - 8:06

Liberty Ellman: Tactiles

by Mark F. Turner
December 8, 2003

The fact or myth that jazz guitarists are underrated does not belie the reality that in the hands of a capable musician, the stringed instrument commands expression and presence. Liberty Ellman’s latest offering, Tactiles, obliterates the “normal" jazz guitar mindset with its eclectic and progressive tendencies. Having hung out on stage and in the studio with ...

Liberty Ellman: Tactiles

by Dan McClenaghan
December 6, 2003

Pi's roster boasts a several heavyweight avant-guarde jazz talents: Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith and his Golden Quartet, Anthony Braxton, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Henry Threadgill. But they also offer the young newcomers, including pianist Vijay Iyer and, with the release of Tactiles, guitarist Liberty Ellman. Tactiles is a quartet outing – ...

Liberty Ellman: Tactiles

by Kurt Gottschalk
November 15, 2003

There's something remarkable about musicians employed by Henry Threadgill. While they're virtually guaranteed to be exceptional players, their personal styles are almost entirely eclipsed by the challenge of his compositions. Going all the way back to the Fred Hopkins/Diedre Murray duo, what you get with Threadgill's bands is very different from what you get with the ...

Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Meeting

by Dan McClenaghan
October 4, 2003

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
October 4, 2003

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 ...

The Year Of The Elephant

By Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2002
Track listing: Al-Madinah; Piru; The Zamzam Well A Stream Of A Pure Light; Kangaroo

Your Life Flashes

By Fieldwork

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2002
Track listing: In Medias Res, Accumulated Gestrues, Sublimation, Generations, Mosiac, Sympathy, Step Lively, Horoscope, The Inner World, Path of Action

Up Popped The Two Lips & Everybody's Mouth's A Book

By Henry Threadgill

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2002
Track listing: Up Popped The Two Lips - Track listing: 1.Tickled Pink 2.Dark Black 3.Look 4.Around My Goose 5.Calm Down 6.Did You See That 7.Do The Needful

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