Live at the 6th Tokyo Music Joy explained

Live at the 6th Tokyo Music Joy
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Art Ensemble of Chicago & Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy
Cover:	Live at the 6th Tokyo Music Joy.jpg
Released:	1990
Recorded:	February 14, 1990
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	DIW
Chronology:	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Prev Title:	Dreaming of the Masters Suite
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Fundamental Destiny
Next Year:	1991

Live at the 6th Tokyo Music Joy is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy recorded in February 1990 for the Japanese DIW label.^[1] It is the only recording to showcase both of the groups that Lester Bowie established and features performances by the Art Ensemble (tracks 1–3), the Brass Fantasy (tracks 4–6) and both bands (tracks 7–10).

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.^[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz calls the album "A celebratory meeting but not a great one".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Yobu-Sun" (Moye) - 4:35
2. "Ride the Line" (Favors) - 3:57
3. "Song for Atala" (Mitchell) - 2:49
4. "Night Time (Is the Right Time)" (Herman) - 3:04
5. "Good Morning Heartache" (Drake, Fisher, Higginbotham) - 8:34
6. "The Music of the Night" (Hart, Lloyd Webber, Stilgoe) - 7:13
7. "The Emperor" (Turre) - 13:45
8. "Variations" (Mitchell) - 9:07
9. "A Jackson in Your House" (Mitchell) - 4:50
10. "The Great Pretender" (Ram) - 3:10

• Recorded live at the Tokyo Music Joy '90 at Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan on 14 February 1990

Personnel

• Lester Bowie

trumpet, percussion

• Malachi Favors Maghostut

bass, percussion (tracks: 1-3 & 7–10)

• Roscoe Mitchell

soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion (tracks: 1-3 & 7–10)

• Joseph Jarman

soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, synthesizer, clarinet, flute, percussion (tracks: 1-3 & 7–10)

• Famoudou Don Moye

drums, percussion (tracks: 1-3 & 7–10)

• Vincent Chancey

French horn (tracks: 4–10)

• Clifton Anderson

trombone (tracks: 4–10)

• Steve Turre

trombone, conch shell (tracks: 4–10)

• E. J. Allen: trumpet (tracks: 4–10)
• Gerald Brezel: trumpet (tracks: 4–10)
• Stanton Davis

trumpet, piccolo trumpet (tracks: 4–10)

• Bob Stewart

tuba (tracks: 4–10)

• Vinnie Johnson: drums (tracks: 4–10)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_DIW_800.htm Jazzlists: DIW Records - CDs 801 to 899
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-eighth-tokyo-music-joy-r165437 Allmusic Review
3. Cook, R. & Morten, B. The Penguin Guide to Jazz, 6th Edition (2002)