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Art Ensemble of Chicago, Federica Michisanti and other great new releases

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
November 13, 2018
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Sometime ago everybody kept saying that the CD was dead. Judging by the growing number of new records that keep coming out at an increasing pace, the CD is still alive and kicking! Intrestgingly, as the number of new jazz albums continues to grow, this has not been at the expense of the average quality of the new album.

This week we'll go through a heap of spectacular new releases, with a special emphasis on albums featuring piano and saxophone, and an ecstatic sampling of The Art Ensemble Of Chicago & Associated Ensembles, the definitive 21 CD set which is about to be relased by ECM to mark the 50th anniversary of both the German label and of the legendary

Art Ensemble Of Chicago

band / ensemble / orchestra

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Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00

Jane Ira Bloom

saxophone, soprano

" data-original-title="" title="">Jane Ira Bloom "Big Bill" from Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline) 0:17

Host talks 5:20

The Art Ensemble of Chicago "Charlie M" from Full Force (ECM) 7:55

Don Byron

clarinet
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Byron &

Aruán Ortiz

piano
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Aruán Ortiz "Delphian Nuptials" from Random Dances and (A)tonalities (Intakt) 17:06

Aaron Goldberg

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Aaron Goldberg "Poinciana" from At the Edge of the World (Sunnyside) 21:38

Host talks 27:17

John Medeski

organ, Hammond B3
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">John Medeski's Mad Skillet "Invincible Bubble" from Mad Skillet (Indirecto) 29:42

Ben Wendel

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Wendel "November" from The Seasons (Motema) 36:18

Kenny Werner

piano
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Werner "Fifth Movement" from The Space (Pirouet) 42:42

Host talks 48:38

Devin Gray

drums
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Devin Gray "Congruently" from Dirigo Rataplan (Rataplan) 51:07

Michael Formanek

bass, acoustic
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet "That Was Then" from Time like This (Intakt) 54:30

Emanuele Maniscalco

drums
b.1983

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Francesco Bigoni

saxophone, tenor
b.1982

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Mark Solborg

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Solborg "May Be Simple" from Foil (ILK Music) 1:00:08

Host talks 1:06:32

Florian Weber

piano

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Ralph Alessi

trumpet
b.1963

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Linda May Han Oh

bass, acoustic
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Linda May Han Oh

Nasheet Waits

drums
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Nasheet Waits "Time Horizon" from Lucent Waters (ECM) 1:08:29

Steve Kuhn

piano
b.1938

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Kuhn Trio "Thinking Out Loud" from To and from the Heart (Sunnyside) 1:12:25

Federica Michisanti

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Federica Michisanti Horn Trio "Courtyard" from Silent Rides (Filibusta) 1:20:09

Host talks 1:24:38

Jacques Schwarz-Bart

saxophone, tenor

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Laurent David

bass, electric
b.1975

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Malcolm Braff

piano

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Stéphane Galland

drums
b.1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Stéphane Galland "New Neighborhood" from Sjihin (Music Box) 1:27:11

Jerome Sabbagh

saxophone, tenor
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Jerome Sabbagh &

Greg Tuohey

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Tuohey "You Are (My Mind" from No Filter (Sunnyside) 1:33:07

Host talks 1:39:29

Abstract Orchestra "Madmix 2" from Madvillain, Vol. 1 (ATA) 1:40:52

Marcus Strickland

clarinet, bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life "Timing" from People of the Sun (Blue Note) 1:49:20

Host talks 1:54:45

Jonathan Finlayson

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Jonathan Finlayson "Refined Strut" from 3 Times Round (Pi) 1:57:47

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