Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City explained

Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City
Type:Live album
Artist:Art Ensemble of Chicago
Cover:Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City.jpg
Released:July 25, 2006
Recorded:April 2 & 3 2004
Genre:Jazz
Label:Pi Recordings
Producer:Art Ensemble of Chicago
Chronology:Art Ensemble of Chicago
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Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at the Iridium is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in April, 2004 at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City and released in 2006 on the Pi Recordings label. It features performances by Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Don Moye with trumpeter Corey Wilkes and bassist Jaribu Shahid replacing the late Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors Maghostut.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "Some of the music on this two-CD set is almost hard bop although a bit eccentric; other selections meander a bit in sound explorations or percussion displays, and others find the group pushing ahead".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Song for My Sister" (Mitchell) - 17:00
  2. "The Morning Mist" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 6:47
  3. "Song for Charles" (Mitchell) - 8:52
  4. "On the Mountain" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 19:25
  5. "Big Red Peaches" (Mitchell) - 7:34
  6. "Odwalla" (Mitchell) - 5:21
  1. "Erika" (Jarman) - 19:59
  2. "Malachi" (Mitchell) - 9:01
  3. "The J Song" (Jarman) - 11:46
  4. "Red Sand Green Water" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 14:28
  5. "Slow Tenor and Bass" (Mitchell) - 2:27
  6. "Odwalla" (Mitchell) - 3:59

Recorded live at Iridium, New York on April 2 & 3, 2004

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r842233|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] accessed 16 February 2009.