Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Non-Cognitive Aspects Of The City - Live At Iridium (Music CD) available on January 28 2015 from Base for 15.89
Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live Iridium available on December 23 2014 from Amazon for 15.43
UPC bar code 808713002027 ξ1 registered September 27 2014
UPC bar code 808713002027 ξ2 registered December 23 2014
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Jazz Art
Manufacturered by Pi Recordings
Product weight is 0.24 lbs.
"This is perhaps the most sublime of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's three albums since their troubled regrouping a couple of years ago." - BOSTON PHOENIX "Here they emerge in duos, trios, and collective scenes ... with their own particular majesty, often something quite simple, a cryptic slice of musical wisdom." - DOWN BEAT "Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman finish each others' sentences - the lines seem to share a single provenance, as if they were played by the right and left hands of a single eccentric keyboardist ... indeed, the AEOC's group sound is luminous." - JAZZTIMES A live recording by the Art Ensemble of Chicago provides the listener with an opportunity to relive the experience that helped etch the band's name in history three and a half decades ago. This 2XCD set captures the quintet in the midst of a five-day stretch at the Iridium in New York. Made up of music from the weekend sets, the CD documents the band performing as a quintet for the first time since the early nineties. With chanted vocals by Joseph Jarman, funky vamps, classic material, hard-bop, open explorations, and a dedication to a past comrade, this disc continues Pi Recordings' documentation of one of America's greatest treasures. With the front line once again filled out as it was in the beginning, the band stretches out, interacts, and enlivens the music in the manner that has influenced everyone from Vandermark 5 and John Zorn to Antipop Consortium. More space can be heard in the music, the band's interaction seems closer, and the focus moves to the moment in a way that is not always heard in a studio recording. Another focus here is the induction of Corey Wilkes and Jaribu Shahid as new members. Both Wilkes and Shahid have been performing with Roscoe Mitchell for some time now. Wilkes in particular has been a frequent collaborator of Mitchell's since 2003, but becoming a regular working member of the AEOC brings with it a certain raised expectation level. Since first declaring themselves the Art Ensemble of Chicago in Paris, 1969, the AEC have combined ritual, free jazz, and funk into an intense and irresistible whole, influencing generations of jazz and soul performers. Recorded in 2004 at New York's Iridium, this two-CD set marks a rebirth of the group, restoring it to the combustible quintet dimensions that marked its greatest accomplishments. Multi-reedist Roscoe Mitchell and drummer Don Moye are the mainstays, joined here by returning saxophonist Joseph Jarman, with bassist Jaribu Shahid and trumpeter Corey Wilkes filling the vacancies left by the deaths of Malachi Favors and Lester Bowie. There's a rare emotional fire and collective energy here, from the restored spirit of Mitchell's early "Erika," a melody of soaring lyricism and longing, to the exploratory sound improvisation of "Red Sand Green Water." Mitchell and Jarman propel one another to their limits, while Wilkes brings an authentic new trumpet voice to the group. --Stuart Broomer This 2XCD set captures the quintet in the midst of a five-day stretch at the Iridium in New York. Made up of music from the weekend sets, the CD documents the band performing as a quintet for the first time since the early nineties and focuses on the induction of Corey Wilkes and Jaribu Shahid as new members. Since first declaring themselves the Art Ensemble of Chicago in Paris, 1969, the AEC have combined ritual, free jazz, and funk into an intense and irresistible whole, influencing generations of jazz and soul performers. Recorded in 2004 at New York's Iridium, this two-CD set marks a rebirth of the group, restoring it to the combustible quintet dimensions that marked its greatest accomplishments. Multi-reedist Roscoe Mitchell and drummer Don Moye are the mainstays, joined here by returning saxophonist Joseph Jarman, with bassist Jaribu Shahid and trumpeter Corey Wilkes filling the vacancies left by the deaths of Malachi Favors and Lester Bowie. There's a rare emotional fire and collective energy here, from the restored spirit of Mitchell's early "Erika," a melody of soaring lyricism and longing, to the exploratory sound improvisation of "Red Sand Green Water." Mitchell and Jarman propel one another to their limits, while Wilkes brings an authentic new trumpet voice to the group. --Stuart Broomer
If you've heard Roscoe Mitchell's recent 3-CD set, you'll get an idea of Live at Iridium. Not sure why the Boston Phoenix referred to a "troubled reunion," as everything they've done in the 21st century has been equal to their best work, though the successive deaths of Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors sure are troubling. But the new double-disc catches a fuller band and exciting band, with performances that may not be as diverse as the range in sirius, but are surely some of most vibrant of late.
What can you say about the AEC, always something fresh and original. I picked this 2 cd set up at my local record store in the discount bin for 3 bucks about 6 years ago and have probably played near a hundred times since then. great feel, soul licks, loose groove.... all the things that make the Art ensemble great, of course there's Jarmen on horns, how can you lose. pick it up. NOW !!!
