The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Art Ensemble of Chicago: Live
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Artist: The Art Ensemble of ChicagoEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1993-09-18
Music Label: Delmark
Soundtracks:
- Duffvipels/Checkmate/Dautalty/Mata Kimasu
Free Music Notes for Art Ensemble of Chicago: Live
Free Music Review: Annoying noise for the most part
Hit: 2 Stars
I'm sure these are highly skilled musicians here, and what they do sounds difficult, but what they have produced here amounts to over an hour straight of annoying (though interesting) noise.
Often people will discredit a song as "nothing but noise" if they strongly dislike it. When I call this "noise," however, I do not mean that I strongly dislike it (although, of course, I do strongly dislike it), I mean that it truly does sound more like noise than music - random tooting of horns and banging of drums and plucking of strings. As noise, it really isn't that bad I suppose, but as music I found it difficult to enjoy.
My recommendation is that you listen to the one minute sample provided by Amazon. If you don't like it you probably won't enjoy the other 75 minutes either.
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Live Poster
This CD documents a performance at the University of Chicago's Mandel Hall in 1972, the group's triumphal homecoming after a three-year stay in Europe. In the interim, percussionist Don Moye had become a full fledged member of the group, providing consistent drive and acting as a central focus for the extended percussion music that was increasingly a part of the music. The CD runs over 76 minutes and lists four pieces, but it's programmed as a single track. It's a virtually seamless musical journey that begins with Joseph Jarman's wailing alto and seems to move toward the heart of rhythm with instruments ranging from log drums to brake drums, saxophones to bicycle horns. The concert climaxes in an extended bass solo by Malachi Favors--the instrument first plucked and then bowed--that's a fitting reflection on the forces unleashed. --Stuart BroomerJazz Music CDs
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