Thursday, 6/9/11
by musicclipoftheday
kaleidoscopic, adj. 1. changing form, pattern, color, etc., in a manner suggesting a kaleidoscope. 2. continually shifting from one set of relations to another. E.g., the music of the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, saxophone; Joseph Jarman, saxophone; Lester Bowie, trumpet; Malachi Favors, bass; Don Moye, drums), live, Europe, 1980s
Part 1
One of my all-time favorite musicians—no matter the instrument, no matter the genre—is the guy playing bass. If I’m feeling down, he lifts me up. If I’m feeling good, he makes things even better.
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Part 2
Vodpod videos no longer available.How many trumpeters play so many different colors?
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Part 3
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Part 6
Vodpod videos no longer available.Avant-garde? Their use of polyphony recalls the earliest New Orleans jazz.
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Part 7
Vodpod videos no longer available.How many musicians not only roam so widely but swing so hard?
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Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass, “Theme de Yoyo” (1970)
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What a great performance, esp. the “Magg Zelma” section.
Interesting to see Roscoe Mitchell do the credits at the end — I thought Joseph Jarman always did that.
Michael–
You’re more on top of the titles than I am — which is the “MZ” section?
As for the credits at the end, that all seems a bit awkward — as if Jarman was about to do them until Roscoe, unexpectedly (?), jumped in.